protovertebra

protovertebra
1. In the older literature, a somite. 2. More recently applied to the sclerotomal concentration that becomes the centrum of a vertebra. SYN: provertebra.

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pro·to·ver·te·bra (pro″to-vurґtə-brə) 1. somite. 2. the caudal half of a somite that forms most of a vertebra.

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