Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002329
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002329
Preferred Name

somite

Definitions
Somites are spheres of epithelial cells that form sequentially along the anterior-posterior axis of the embryo through mesenchymal to epithelial transition of the presomitic mesoderm. When the somite becomes segmented from the segmental plate, it is composed of an epithelial sac enclosing mesenchymal somitocoel cells. Thereafter the somite differentiates into two parts, the ventro-medial mesenchymal sclerotome and the dorso-lateral epithelial dermomyotome. This change in the epithelial somite depends on surrounding tissue [PMID:15906248]
Synonyms
somites
epimere
somitus
epimere mesoderm
epithelial somite
somitic mesoderm
mesodermal cluster
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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