Somitomere
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Somitomere is a noun meaning In the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived cells that form along each side of the neural tube towards the end of the third gestational week.
Meaning
In the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived cells that form along each side of the neural tube towards the end of the third gestational week.
Word Forms
- somitomeres
- somatomere
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include endotome, prosomite, thoracomere, metamere, cephalomere, somatoblast.
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