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somatopleure
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somatopleure /so·mato·pleure/ (-ploor) the embryonic body wall, formed by ectoderm and somatic mesoderm.somatopleur´al
so·mat·o·pleure (s-mt-plr, sm-t-)
n.
A complex sheet of embryonic cells formed by association of part of the mesoderm with the ectoderm and developing as the internal body wall.
so·mato·pleural (-plrl), so·mato·pleuric (-plrk) adj.
somatopleure
[sô′mətōploo͡r′]
Etymology: Gk, soma + pleura, side
the lateral and ventral tissue layer that forms the body wall of the early developing embryo. Consisting of an outer layer of ectoderm lined with somatic mesoderm, it continues as the amnion and chorion external to the embryo. Compare splanchnopleure. somatopleural, adj.
somatopleure
the part of the embryo which forms the lateral and ventral walls of the fetus. Consists of somatic mesoderm and ectoderm.


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