Somitogenesis Quiz

Somitogenesis is the process by which somites form in segmented animals along the anterior-posterior axis of the developing embryo.

Somites give rise to skeletal muscle, cartilage, tendons, endothelium, and dermis in vertebrates.

Paraxial mesoderm forms somites from a particular region of mesoderm in the neurulating embryo.

<p>Somites form from the paraxial mesoderm by 'budding off' rostrally as somitomeres, or whorls of paraxial mesoderm cells, compact and separate into discrete bodies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Somitogenesis occurs via a clock-wavefront model, in which waves describe the periodic nature of splitting events.</p> Signup and view all the answers