Synonym for protovertebra ... 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 ver...
(pro-vur´tә-brә) protovertebra.
Type: Term Pronunciation: prō-ver′tĕ-bră Synonyms: protovertebra