part of part_of part of part_of develops_from develops from embryonic structure somite embryonic tissue head somite EHDAA2 has both 'head somite' and 'head somite group', with part_of and develops_from for latter EHDAA2:0003437 EMAPA:16172 Somite located in the head region, caudal to the otic vesicle They provide the epaxial and hypaxial muscles of the neck, the pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles that develop in the caudal branchial arches and the musculature of the tongue. Despite their localisation in the head, myogenic precursors from occipital somites essentially follow the trunk programmes (E. H. Walters and S. D., unpublished). during evolution, have been secondarily incorporated into the head (Gans and Northcutt, 1983) UBERON:0005594 XAO:0000313 cranial somite in humans this includes somites 1-4 occipital somite uberon head paraxial mesoderm