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ectoderm

/ek-tuh-durm/US // ˈɛk təˌdɜrm //UK // (ˈɛktəʊˌdɜːm) //

外胚层,外皮层,外皮细胞,外皮

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Embryology.

    • : the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.

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Examples

  • The terms ectoderm and entoderm were introduced by Allman in 1853 for the two cell-layers in the Hydrozoa.

  • Ontogeny teaches unmistakably that its elementary organs, the epidermic cells, develop entirely from the ectoderm.

  • Amongst other structures which arise from the important layer of ectoderm are the teeth.

  • The skin corresponds with the ectoderm of Hydra, although it is a vastly more complicated affair.

  • In the typical invertebrate eye, on the contrary, the retinal cells are differentiated from the external ectoderm.