Preferred Name | sclerotome | |
Synonyms |
sclerotomus sclerotomes |
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Definitions |
Ventral somitic compartment that is a precursor of the axial skeleton[XAO]. Sclerotomes eventually differentiate into the vertebrae and most of the skull. The caudal (posterior) half of one sclerotome fuses with the rostral (anterior) half of the adjacent one to form each vertebra. From their initial location within the somite, the sclerotome cells migrate medially towards the notochord. These cells meet the sclerotome cells from the other side to form the vertebral body. From this vertebral body, sclerotome cells move dorsally and surround the developing spinal cord, forming the vertebral arch[WP]. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003089 |
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database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0183176 AEO:0000212 AAO:0010571 EHDAA2:0003439 ZFA:0001080 NCIT:C34287 VHOG:0000680 TAO:0001080 Wikipedia:Sclerotome EMAPA:31159 XAO:0000397 FMA:295652 |
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depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Gray65.png |
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develops_from | ||
external_definition |
Skeletogenic portion of somites.[AAO] |
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external_ontology_notes |
part_of somite in XAO |
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has exact synonym |
sclerotomes |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_related_synonym |
sclerotomus |
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homology_notes |
The vertebrate sclerotome has no equivalent in amphioxus and is a novelty linked with the evolution of the axial skeleton.[well established][VHOG] |
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id |
UBERON:0003089 |
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imported from | ||
in taxon | ||
in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon#uberon_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon#vertebrate_core http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#pheno_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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label |
sclerotome |
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notation |
UBERON:0003089 |
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only in taxon | ||
prefLabel |
sclerotome |
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textual definition |
Ventral somitic compartment that is a precursor of the axial skeleton[XAO]. Sclerotomes eventually differentiate into the vertebrae and most of the skull. The caudal (posterior) half of one sclerotome fuses with the rostral (anterior) half of the adjacent one to form each vertebra. From their initial location within the somite, the sclerotome cells migrate medially towards the notochord. These cells meet the sclerotome cells from the other side to form the vertebral body. From this vertebral body, sclerotome cells move dorsally and surround the developing spinal cord, forming the vertebral arch[WP]. |
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