SOMATOPLEURE

Etymology

Noun

somatopleure (plural somatopleures)

(embryology) A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop.

Source: Wiktionary


So"ma*to*pleure, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)

Definition: The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellæ into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See Splanchopleure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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