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hypomere

 
 
(′hī·pə′mir)

(embryology) The lateral or lower mesodermal plate zone in vertebrate embryos.
(invertebrate zoology) The basal portion of certain sponges that contain no flagellated chambers.


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Medical Dictionary: hy·po·mere
 
('pə-mēr')
n.
  1. The portion of the myotome that forms muscle of the body wall and that is innervated by a branch of a spinal nerve.
  2. The somatic and splanchnic layers of the lateral mesoderm that give rise to the lining of the celom.
 
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1. the ventrolateral portion of a myotome, forming muscles innervated by the ventral rami of the spinal nerves.
2. the lateral plate of mesoderm that develops into the walls of the body cavities.

 
 
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