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Descriptor English: Somites
Descriptor Spanish: Somitos
Descriptor somitos
Scope note: Pares de masas segmentadas de MESÉNQUIMA a cada lado de la médula espinal (tubo neural) en desarrollo. Derivan del MESODERMO PARAAXIAL y van aumentando en número durante la ORGANOGÉNESIS. Dan origen al ESQUELETO (esclerotomo), los MÚSCULOS (miotomo) y la DERMIS (dermatomo).
Descriptor Portuguese: Somitos
Descriptor French: Somites
Entry term(s): Somite
Tree number(s): A16.504.660.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019170
Scope note: Paired, segmented masses of MESENCHYME located on either side of the developing spinal cord (neural tube). Somites derive from PARAXIAL MESODERM and continue to increase in number during ORGANOGENESIS. Somites give rise to SKELETON (sclerotome); MUSCLES (myotome); and DERMIS (dermatome).
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mesoderm (1966-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 32885
Unique ID: D019170
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/02/12
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Somites - Preferred
Concept UI M0028574
Scope note Paired, segmented masses of MESENCHYME located on either side of the developing spinal cord (neural tube). Somites derive from PARAXIAL MESODERM and continue to increase in number during ORGANOGENESIS. Somites give rise to SKELETON (sclerotome); MUSCLES (myotome); and DERMIS (dermatome).
Preferred term Somites
Entry term(s) Somite



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