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mesoderm

/mez-uh-durm, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-/US // ˈmɛz əˌdɜrm, ˈmɛs-, ˈmi zə-, -sə- //UK // (ˈmɛsəʊˌdɜːm) //

中胚层,中皮层,中轴线,中层皮肤

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Embryology.

    • : the middle germ layer of a metazoan embryo.

Examples

  • Ahlborn, in 1884, drew a sharp distinction between the segments of the mesoderm and those of the endoderm.

  • Then came two segments, the mandibular, in which muscles are formed both from the ventral and from the dorsal mesoderm-segments.

  • The mesoderm is, if we may judge from the number of organs which are derived from it, much the most important of the three layers.

  • But in some groups the mesoderm is actually laid down in cleavage, and is present at the end of that process.

  • The former is called simply epithelial mesoderm, the latter mesenchyme.