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Definition of Somites
1. somite [n] - See also: somite
Medical Definition of Somites
1. The paired, blocklike masses of mesoderm, arranged segmentally alongside the neural tube of the embryo, forming the vertebral column and segmental musculature. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somites
Literary usage of Somites
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)
"Dorsal area of prosoma covered with three distinct plates, two smaller representing
the terga of the 5th and 6th somites, and a larger representing those of ..."
2. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"The first four somites belong to the head, and enter into the ... The number of
somites thus formed is perfectly constant, as is also the fate of the ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The TENTH LAW is that individual somites tend to atrophy and finally disappear
as distinct structures, most readily at the anterior and the posterior ends ..."
4. Outlines of Chordate Development by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"By the time nine or ten somites are formed the notochord becomes completely cut
off from the endoderm layer, and the two margins of the endoderm which were ..."
5. Outlines of Chordate Development by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"By the time nine or ten somites are formed the notochord becomes completely cut
off from the endoderm layer, and the two margins of the endoderm which were ..."
6. A Text-book of Biology for Students in General, Medical and Technical Courses by William Martin Smallwood (1918)
"Modified somites.—The body of the crayfish is divided into the anterior ...
The somites in the abdomen are all similar excepting the first and last. ..."
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