somite
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any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
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Embryology. one member of a series of paired segments into which the thickened dorsal zone of mesoderm is divided.
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embryol any of a series of dorsal paired segments of mesoderm occurring along the notochord in vertebrate embryos. It develops into muscle and bone in the adult animal
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zoology another name for metamere
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By the fourth week, mesoderm tissue located on either side of the notochord thickens and separates into a repeating series of block-like tissue structures, each of which is called a somite.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In the more primitive forms the appendage of every post-oral somite has a gnathobase and two rami; in higher specialized forms the gnathobases may be atrophied in every appendage, even in the first post-oral.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
They are long, slender, coiled tubes, two in each somite, lying in the body cavity, one on each side of the alimentary canal.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Lucas, Frederic
The genital ducts open on the penultimate somite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
T, telson, having the uropods or appendages of the last abdominal somite spread out on either side of it, forming the “tail-fan.” l, labrum, or upper lip. m, metastoma, or lower lip.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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