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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They increase with great rapidity, the inner sac or mesoblast becoming sometimes so crowded with them, that its shape is affected by the protrusion of their angles.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
These are much thicker than in the oesophagus; in the mesoblast which 18 forms the greater part of their thickness, muscle fibers are beginning to differentiate.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
Mesoderm:= mesoblast: gives rise to muscular and circulatory systems.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Each bronchus, like the trachea, is lined with an epithelium of three or four layers of cells; but the epithelium is surrounded by a thin layer of much condensed mesoblast.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
The micromeres give rise to the ectoderm; each of the sixteen macromeres, after budding off a small mesoblast cell, passes on as endoderm.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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