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Somite vs Merosome - What's the difference?

somite | merosome | Synonyms |

Merosome is a synonym of somite.



As nouns the difference between somite and merosome

is that somite is one of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae while merosome is any of the segments of a segmented animal.

somite

English

Noun

(en 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.
  • (anatomy) A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.

    • Derived terms

    *somitic *somitogenesis *somitomere ----

    merosome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of the segments of a segmented animal

    • Synonyms

    *somite

    Derived terms

    *merosomal

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