mesoderm

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noun

One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through embryonic development, it will produce many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and circulatory system.

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Synonyms

mesoblast intraembryonic somatopleuric somitic extraembryonic paraxial precardiac prechordal mesendoderm entoderm mesoendoderm endomesoderm entomesoderm mesocoel inner cell mass mesenteron

Associated

endoderm archenteron coelom ectoderm notochord somite gastrulation splanchnic gastrula hypoblast blastula xenopus

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