| Name: | somite |
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| Synonyms: | somitic mesoderm |
| Definition: | Undifferentiated mesodermal components of early trunk or tail segments or metameres, derived from paraxial mesoderm; forms myotomes, sclerotomes and perhaps dermatomes. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000155] |
| Name: | myofibril |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | The contractile element of skeletal and cardiac muscle; a long, highly organized bundle of actin, myosin, and other proteins that contracts by a sliding filament mechanism. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0030016] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | loose |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | A pattern quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's not being compact or dense in arrangement. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001802] |