somite

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

metameric metamere arthromere protovertebra merosome

Hypernyms

segment

Anagrams

osmite mitose

Examples

Boundaries for each somite are regulated by retinoic acid (RA) and a combination of FGF8 and WNT3a. Source: Internet

The neural tube activates the protein WNT1 that expresses PAX 2 so the somite creates the myotome and dermatome. Source: Internet

The notochord and the neural tube activate the protein SHH which helps the somite to form its sclerotome. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

somewise somickle somital somitic somitocoel somitogenesis