name somite namespace http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de# parent element_of_embryonic_skeletal_system child somite_1 child somite_4 child somite_5 child somite_2 child somite_3 child somite_8 child somite_9 child somite_6 child somite_30 child somite_7 child somite_31 child somite_10 child somite_32 child somite_11 child somite_33 child somite_12 child somite_34 child somite_13 child somite_35 child somite_14 child somite_36 child somite_15 child somite_37 child somite_16 child somite_38 child somite_17 child somite_39 child somite_18 child somite_19 child somite_20 child somite_21 child somite_22 child somite_23 child somite_24 child somite_25 child somite_26 child somite_27 child somite_28 child somite_29 comment [de] Ein Somit ist das Ursegment („Urwirbel“), das vorübergehend in der embryonalen Entwicklung der Wirbeltiere auftritt. Die Somiten werden in Kopf-Schwanz-Richtung (craniocaudal) aus dem Mesoderm seitlich der Mittellinie (paraxial) abgeschnürt. Sie liegen daher in zwei Strängen rechts und links der axialen Strukturen Chorda dorsalis und Neuralrohr. label [en] somite comment [en] A somite is a division of the body of an animal. In vertebrates this is mainly discernible in the embryo stage. ACC [] cy0052403 label [de] Somit hasPart somitocoel isPartOf Carnegie_Stage_10 isPartOf Carnegie_Stage_7 hasPart part_of_somite