Answer
The combining forms soma- or somato- mean body: they may be found in words like "soma", "somatic", and "somites".
Work Step by Step
The cell body of a neuron is called the soma. Somites refers to body segments.
Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition
by Saladin, Kenneth
Published by
McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10:
0073403717
ISBN 13:
978-0-07340-371-7
Chapter 12 - Nervous Tissue - Study Guide - Building Your Medical Vocabulary - Page 472: 10
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