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sclerotome
[skle´ro-tōm]1. an instrument used in incision of the sclera.
2. the area of a bone innervated from a single spinal segment.
3. one of the paired masses of mesenchymal tissue, separated from the ventromedial part of a somite, which develop into vertebrae and ribs.
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scle·ro·tome
(sklē'rō-tōm),1. A knife used in sclerotomy.
2. The group of mesenchymal cells emerging from the ventromedial part of a somite and migrating toward the notochord. Sclerotomal cells from adjacent somites become merged in intersomitically located masses that are the primordia of the centra of the vertebrae.
[sclero- + G. tomē, a cutting]
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scle·ro·tome
(skler'ō-tōm)1. A knife used in sclerotomy.
2. The group of mesenchymal cells emerging from the ventromedial part of a mesodermic somite and migrating toward the notochord. Sclerotomal cells from adjacent somites become merged in intersomitically located masses that are the primordia of the centra of the vertebrae.
[sclero- + G. tomē, a cutting]
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