| Term: | segmental plate medial-lateral axis |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | segmental plate |
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| Synonyms: | presomitic mesoderm, PSM |
| Definition: | Unsegmented field of paraxial mesoderm present posterior to the most recently formed somite pair, from which somites will form. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000279] |
| Name: | medial-lateral axis |
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| Synonyms: | M-L axis, medio-lateral axis, mediolateral axis, ML axis, proximal-distal axis |
| Definition: | An axis that extends from the center of organism to one or other side. |
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0001001] |