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blastula

/blas-chuh-luh/US // ˈblæs tʃə lə //UK // (ˈblæstjʊlə) //

爆炸物,胚芽,胚芽组织,胚胎

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural blas·tu·las, blas·tu·lae [blas-chuh-lee]. /ˈblæs tʃəˌli/. Embryology.

    • : the early developmental stage of an animal, following the morula stage and consisting of a single, spherical layer of cells enclosing a hollow, central cavity.

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Examples

  • The hollow sphere which is thus formed is the important stage of the “germinal vesicle,” the blastula, or blastosphere.

  • Consider its mode of division, and the formation of the blastula, gastrula, and germinal layers.

  • In a blastula showing complete segmentation the blastomeres of the upper hemisphere are the more finely subdivided.

  • Our next question concerns the distribution of potentiality, when the embryo is developed further than the blastula stage.

  • But there is in the blastula no trace of one part of the germ becoming different with respect to others of its parts.