mesoblast
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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 a lateral projection of this mass of mesoblast 13 lies a small, circular opening, the bile duct, bd.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
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 enamel is derived from the outer layer of the embryonic dog-fish, the epiblast, which also gives rise to the epidermis; while the dentine and bony base arise in the underlying mesoblast, the dermis.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
From the mesoblast the muscles, the dermis genital and excretory organs, circulatory fluid and apparatus, any skeletal structures; and all connective tissue are derived.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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
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