Mesoderm: alternatives and connections

A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesobl…

A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, et…

Of or pertaining to the blastoderm.

That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.

Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture…

The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm.

The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.

Of or relating to the ectoderm.

The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Of or pertaining to the endoderm.

A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.

A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.

A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocoele, which ari…

The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.

See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.

The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.

The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As…

A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, a…