Definition of Somite. Meaning of Somite. Synonyms of Somite

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Definition of Somite

Somite
Somite So"mite, n. [Gr. ? body.] (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere. -- So*mit`ic, a.

Meaning of Somite from wikipedia

- The somites (outdated term: primitive segments) are a set of bilaterally paired blocks of paraxial mesoderm that form in the embryonic stage of somitogenesis...
- for somite differentiation Notochord protein ac****ulates in presomitic mesoderm destined to form the next somite and then decreases as that somite is established...
- Somitogenesis is the process by which somites form. Somites are bilaterally paired blocks of paraxial mesoderm that form along the anterior-posterior...
- is established during embryogenesis when somites are rhythmically added to the posterior of the embryo. Somite formation begins around the third w**** when...
- ectoderm and somite-forming morphogenic factors cause some primary mesenchyme to form neural mesenchyme, or paraxial mesoderm, and contribute to somite formation...
- myoseptum). In vertebrate embryonic development, a myotome is the part of a somite that develops into muscle. The anatomical term myotome which describes the...
- the ocular somite (referred as "acron" in previous literatures), which carries the eyes and labrum, with six post-ocular segments (somite 1 to 6), which...
- teeth and adrenal medulla) or from the sclerotome, which derives from the somite block of the mesoderm. As with the neurocranium, in Chondricthyes and other...
- each side subspiracularly. The 2nd somite bears four black processes, two subdorsally and two laterally. The 3rd somite bears 4 black processes, as in the...
- and thus only occupies somite [2] and part of somite [3]"[26]. Following the pharynx is the gizzard, and is located in somite 6. Leading from the gizzard...