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Somitomere vs Somite - What's the difference?

somitomere | somite | Derived terms |

Somite is a derived term of somitomere.



As nouns the difference between somitomere and somite

is that somitomere is in the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived cells that form along each side of the neural tube towards the end of the third gestational week while 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.

somitomere

English

Alternative forms

* somatomere

Noun

(en noun)
  • In the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived cells that form along each side of the neural tube towards the end of the third gestational week.

    • 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 ----