Medical term:
somite
somite
[so´mīt]one of the paired segments along the neural tube of a vertebrate embryo, formed by transverse subdivision of the thickened mesoderm next to the midplane, that develop into the vertebral column and muscles of the body.
Somites in a 22-day embryo. From Dorland's, 2000.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
so·mite
(sō'mīt),One of the paired, metamerically arranged cell masses formed in the early embryonic paraxial mesoderm; commencing in the third or early fourth week in the region of the hindbrain, they develop in a caudal direction typically until 42 pairs are formed.
Synonym(s): mesoblastic segment
[G. sōma, body, + -ite]
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somite
(sō′mīt′)n.
1. Any of the homologous segments that compose the body of certain animals, such as earthworms and lobsters, and are arranged in a longitudinal series.
2. A segmental mass of mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo, occurring in pairs along the notochord and developing into muscles and vertebrae.
so·mit′ic (sō-mĭt′ĭk) adj.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
so·mite
(sō'mīt)One of the paired, metamerically arranged cell masses formed in the early embryonic paraxial mesoderm; commencing in the third or early fourth week in the region of the hindbrain, they develop in a caudal direction until 42 pairs are formed; their presence is considered evidence that metameric segmentation is a vertebrate characteristic.
[G. sōma, body, + -ite]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
somite
ormetamere
a serial segment of the animal body. see METAMERIC SEGMENTATION.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
so·mite
(sō'mīt)One of the paired, metamerically arranged cell masses formed in early embryonic paraxial mesoderm; develop in a caudal direction typically until 42 pairs are formed.
[G. sōma, body, + -ite]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
somite
[so´mīt]one of the paired segments along the neural tube of a vertebrate embryo, formed by transverse subdivision of the thickened mesoderm next to the midplane, that develop into the vertebral column and muscles of the body.
Somites in a 22-day embryo. From Dorland's, 2000.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
so·mite
(sō'mīt),One of the paired, metamerically arranged cell masses formed in the early embryonic paraxial mesoderm; commencing in the third or early fourth week in the region of the hindbrain, they develop in a caudal direction typically until 42 pairs are formed.
Synonym(s): mesoblastic segment
[G. sōma, body, + -ite]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
somite
(sō′mīt′)n.
1. Any of the homologous segments that compose the body of certain animals, such as earthworms and lobsters, and are arranged in a longitudinal series.
2. A segmental mass of mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo, occurring in pairs along the notochord and developing into muscles and vertebrae.
so·mit′ic (sō-mĭt′ĭk) adj.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
so·mite
(sō'mīt)One of the paired, metamerically arranged cell masses formed in the early embryonic paraxial mesoderm; commencing in the third or early fourth week in the region of the hindbrain, they develop in a caudal direction until 42 pairs are formed; their presence is considered evidence that metameric segmentation is a vertebrate characteristic.
[G. sōma, body, + -ite]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
somite
ormetamere
a serial segment of the animal body. see METAMERIC SEGMENTATION.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
so·mite
(sō'mīt)One of the paired, metamerically arranged cell masses formed in early embryonic paraxial mesoderm; develop in a caudal direction typically until 42 pairs are formed.
[G. sōma, body, + -ite]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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