somatopleure
/soʊˈmætəˌplʊr/
noun
- In embryology, the layer of tissue that forms the body wall, consisting of the outer ectoderm and the inner mesoderm.
- Scientists studied how the somatopleure contributes to limb formation in chick embryos.
- The somatopleure gives rise to the bones and muscles of the body wall.
- During development, the somatopleure separates from the splanchnopleure to form the coelom.