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somite

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somite /so·mite/ (so´mit) one of the paired, blocklike masses of mesoderm, arranged segmentally alongside the neural tube of the embryo, forming the vertebral column and segmental musculature.
so·mite (smt)
n.
1. A segmental mass of mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo, occurring in pairs along the notochord and developing into muscles and vertebrae.
2. See metamere.
somite
one of the paired block-like masses of mesoderm beside the neural tube of a vertebrate embryo, formed by transverse subdivision, that develop into the vertebral column, skin and muscles of the body.
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