Explain the term metameric segmentation
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Essentially, metameric segmentation is an internal, mesodermal phenomenon, the body musculature and coelom being the primary segmental divisions; this internal segmentation imposes a corresponding segmentation on the nerves, blood vessels, and excretory organs.
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The repetition of organs and tissues at intervals along the body of an animal, thus dividing the body into a linear series of similar parts or segments (metameres). ... Metameric segmentation is thought to have arisen as an adaptation to more efficient locomotion..
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