Somites are aggregations of cells that lie in pairs along the transient (temporary) notochord in developing human embryos. Somites are also found in the midline paraxial (near the axis) mesodermal tissue of all vertebrates in early embryonic stages....

A somite is a division of the body of an animal. In vertebrates this is mainly discernible in the embryo stage, in athropods it is a characteristic of a hypothetical...