{"id":12002,"date":"2020-03-04T08:56:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T08:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=12002"},"modified":"2023-10-18T07:28:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T07:28:27","slug":"somites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/somites\/","title":{"rendered":"Somites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mesodermal structures formed during embryonic development that give rise to segmented body parts such as the muscles of the body wall.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Any of the paired segmented divisions of mesoderm that develop along the length of the early embryo. The somites differentiate into voluntary muscle, bones, connective tissue, and the deeper layers of the skin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Embryonic block-like segment formed on either side of the neural tube and its underlying notochord. Each somite gives rise to a muscle mass supplied by a spinal nerve and each pair gives rise to a vertebra. The ventromedial portion of each somite differentiates into a sclerotome, and the remainder (the dorsolateral portion) becomes a dermomyotome. The sclerotomal cells surround the notochord and the neural tube to form the precursors of the ribs and vertebrae. The dermomyotomes give rise to the dermis and the dorsal muscles.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group final-completion w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-13\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A fundamental segment present in the developing embryo, giving rise to various organs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mesodermal structures formed during embryonic development that give rise to segmented body parts such as the muscles of the body wall. Any of the paired segmented divisions of mesoderm that develop along the length of the early embryo. The somites differentiate into voluntary muscle, bones, connective tissue, and the deeper layers of the skin. Embryonic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Somites - Definition of Somites<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mesodermal structures formed during embryonic development that give rise to segmented body parts such as the muscles of the body wall.Any of the paired segmented divisions of mesoderm that develop along the length of the early embryo. 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