Somitomere

Somitomeres
Somitomeres
Details
Carnegie stage	11
Days	Third gestational week
Precursor	Paraxial mesoderm
Gives rise to	Somites
Identifiers
Latin	somitomera
TE	E5.0.2.2.2.0.2
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

In the developing vertebrate embryo, the somitomeres (or somatomeres)^[1] are collections of cells that are derived from the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm that are found alongside the developing neural tube. In human embryogenesis they appear towards the end of the third gestational week. The approximately 50 pairs of somitomeres in the human embryo, begin developing in the cranial (head) region, continuing in a caudal (tail) direction until the end of week four.

^ Antonio Nanci (2008). Ten Cate's oral histology: development, structure, and function. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-323-04557-5. Retrieved 16 April 2010.

[Nanci2008-1] Antonio Nanci (2008). Ten Cate's oral histology: development, structure, and function. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-323-04557-5. Retrieved 16 April 2010.

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