• (n.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
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Origin: Proto- + vertebra. ... <anatomy> One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. ... The protovertebrae were long regarded as rudiments of the permanent vertebrae, but they are now known...
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(pro″to-vur´tә-brә) somite. the caudal half of a somite forming most of the vertebra.
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Pro`to·ver'te·bra noun ;
plural Protovertebræ . [
Proto- +
vertebra .]
(Anat.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebr...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: prō′tō-ver′tĕ-bră Definitions: 1. In the older literature, a somite. 2. More recently applied to the sclerotomal concentration that becomes the centrum of a vertebra. Synonyms: provertebra
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