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Protovertebra
Pro`to`ver´te`bra
| n. | 1.(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 protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm. |
protovertebra
protovertebra [pro″to-ver´tĕ-brah] 1. somite.2. the caudal half of a somite forming most of the vertebra.pro·to·ver·te·bra (prō'tō-ver'tĕ-bră), 1. In the older literature, a somite. 2. More recently applied to the sclerotomal concentration that becomes the centrum of a vertebra. Synonym(s): provertebrapro·to·ver·te·bra (prō'tō-vĕr'tĕ-bră) The caudal half of each sclerotomal concentration, which is the primordium of the centrum of a vertebra.
Synonym(s): provertebra. |