rhombomere

rhombomere
Segments of the developing neural tube in the rhombencephalon; nine rhombomeres appear in the developing human. [rhombencephalon + G. meros, part]

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rhom·bo·mere (romґbo-mēr) one of a series of segmental elevations (neuromeres) dividing the developing rhombencephalon.

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