mesoblast
Americannoun
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the mesoderm.
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the primordial middle layer of a young embryo before the segregation of the germ layers, capable of becoming the mesoderm.
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In all the higher animals a layer of cells makes its appearance between the hypoblast and the epiblast, and is termed the mesoblast.
From Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
The epithelium of the duodenum consists of four or five layers of compactly arranged cells, near the center of an oval mass of fairly dense mesoblast.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
The segmentation is of the mesoblast to begin with, and appears later behind the mouth, the part anterior to this becoming the prostomium of the adult.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Mesoblast, in the development of the cœlomata, or three-layered multicellular animals; a third set of cells, the mesoblast, arises between the epiblast and hypoblast, xviii.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
The descending loops of the duodenum are cut in such a way that the surrounding mesoblast forms a continuous mass of tissue.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
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