somite
Americannoun
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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 most Collembola the spring appears to belong to the fifth abdominal somite, but Willem, by study of the muscles, has shown that it really belongs to the fourth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
The third somite as well as the second develops a pair of parapodial jaws; the first somite is a prosthomere carrying jointed antennae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
The remaining somites carry single-clawed walking legs, a single pair to each somite.
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 Frederic Lucas
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