Somitogenesis

Somitogenesis
Dorsum of human embryo, 2.11 mm in length. (The older term primitive segments is used to identify the somites formed in somitogenesis)
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PrecursorPre-somitic mesoderm
Gives rise todermatome, myotome, syndetome, sclerotome
Anatomical terminology

Somitogenesis is the process by which somites form. Somites are bilaterally paired blocks of paraxial mesoderm that form along the anterior-posterior axis of the developing embryo in vertebrates. The somites give rise to skeletal muscle, cartilage, tendons, endothelium, and dermis.

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