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Definition of Somite

1. Noun. One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally.

Definition of Somite

1. n. One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed; somatome; metamere.

Definition of Somite

1. Noun. (embryology) One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae. ¹

2. Noun. (anatomy) A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Somite

1. a longitudinal segment of the body of some animals [n -S] : SOMITAL, SOMITIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Somite

1. 1. One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, especially. An articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere. Somitic. 2. Segmentally arranged blocks of mesoderm lying on either side of the notochord and neural tube during development of the vertebrate embryo. Somites are formed sequentially, starting at the head. Each somite will give rise to muscle from the myotome region), spinal column (from the sclerotome) and dermis (from dermatome). (04 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Somite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... off near the base ; a and b, matic somite). soma with the appendages cut genital somite ... of the genital genital somite; I to Ю, the somite (first ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The ELEVENTH LAW may be stated thus: any somite in the •erics which is the anterior or posterior somite of a tagma may become atrophied, reduced in size or ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In the last leg-bearing somite the pleura I sclerites coalesce with the coxa of ihe ... Tergal plate of somite, hearing t.tox. Tergal plate of somite, ..."

4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1899)
"beyond somite I, Beddard (86) has nevertheless found it necessary to question the ... somite I is much wider dorsally than ventrally, as shown in fig. 9. ..."

5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1899)
"beyond somite I, Beddard (86) has nevertheless found it necessary to question the ... somite I is much wider dorsally than ventrally, as shown in fig. 9. ..."

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