Xenopus Anatomy Ontology

Last uploaded: September 3, 2024
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0000058
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0000058
Preferred Name

somite

Definitions
Any of the approximately 45 bilaterally paired blocks of mesoderm cells, lying on either side of the notochord and neural tube, and forming sequentially starting at the head during development of the embryo. Together they give rise to the axial skeleton (from the sclerotome), associated musculature (from the myotome), and dermis (from the dermatome).
Synonyms
somites
somitic mesoderm
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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