Somitomere
| Somitomeres | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
somites | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | somitomera |
| TE | E5.0.2.2.2.0.2 |
| Anatomical terminology] | |
In the developing
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.
Development
The first seven somitomeres give rise to the striated muscles of the face, jaws, and throat.[2]
The remaining somitomeres, likely driven by periodic expression of the ).
There are a total of 37 somite pairs at the end of the fifth week of development, after the first coccygeal somites disappear from the original 42-44 somites.
References
- ISBN 978-0-323-04557-5. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ISBN 0-443-06583-7
External links
- UB, and UF) hdisqueembry/triderm07- look for Fig. 16
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