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Somite vs Tergite - What's the difference?

somite | tergite |

As nouns the difference between somite and tergite

is that somite is while tergite is (anatomy) the dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.

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 ----

    tergite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.

    • Related terms

    * tergal * tergiversate * tergum (rfp) ----