Somatopleure \So"ma*to*pleure\, n. [Gr. sw^ma, sw`matos, body +
pleyra` side.] (Anat.)
The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into which
the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the
notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the
amnion are developed. See {Splanchnopleure}.
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