mesenchyme
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Origin of mesenchyme
1885–90; variant of mesenchyma < New Latin < Greek mesénchyma, equivalent to mes- mes- + énchyma infusion
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This consists of mesenchyme, the embryonic tissue that will become the bones, cartilages, and connective tissues of the body.
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The bones of the brain case arise via intramembranous ossification in which embryonic mesenchyme tissue converts directly into bone.
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The bones of the appendicular skeleton arise from embryonic mesenchyme.
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In contrast, the cranial base and facial bones are produced by the process of endochondral ossification, in which mesenchyme tissue initially produces a hyaline cartilage model of the future bone.
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In this connexion it may be interesting to point out that in many Coelenterates all the tissues of the body retain throughout life the epithelial condition, nothing comparable to mesenchyme ever being formed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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