somite
- noun
- /ˈsoʊmaɪt/
- Specialized
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somito
- Somites are not the same as metameres, and Geoffroy was clearly wrong in his choice of the vertebra as an archetype.
- somites and metameres
- somites of the vertebral
Examples
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And then when it's gone a little further, the extra things I didn't show here are the somites forming, going to form the muscle and bone.
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If we keep trying to compare somites with metameres, then homology fails and segmentation is a separate evolutionary event in the two phyla.
Academic text (1992) -
Rhombomeres are quite different in structure from somites of the vertebral column; they represent a second system of vertebrate segmentation, however transient.
Academic text (1992) -
The basal support for the hindbrain is provided by parachordals that are formed from the sclerotome portion of anterior somites.
Academic text (2003) -
For without such similarity in detailed construction and genetic basis, the comparison of metamere and rhombomere will come up as empty as the previous likening of metamere and somite.
Academic text (1992) -
Somites and metameres represent fundamentally different styles of segmentation; they are not comparable and not homologous (derived from a common ancestor).
Academic text (1992) -
During embryonic development, the body segments known as somites play a crucial role in forming muscles and vertebrae.
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Scientists found that each somite gives rise to specific structures in the developing embryo of vertebrates.
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In a typical vertebrate embryo, somites are arranged along the sides of the neural tube, contributing to the segmented body plan.
Synonyms
A repeated body section in animals like worms or insects
Surface Forms
Etymology
Somite comes from the Greek root soma meaning 'body'. A helpful way to remember it is that a somite is a small 'body' segment in an embryo, the repeating parts that later form muscles and vertebrae.
