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endoderm

endoderm

8.5
The inner layer of an embryo that becomes the lining of the gut and lungs
  • noun
  • /ˈɛndəˌdɜrm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : endodermo
  • So you get the surface ectoderm layer, the mesodermal layer where you get the the notochord forming and then the endoderm in the inside.

Examples

  • The embryonic endoderm forms the linings of the digestive and respiratory tracts.

    Academic text (1990)
  • If it is an endoderm, it is low for a week.

  • And what we see is we have cells that are positive for cells of the endoderm lineage, ectoderm, mesoderm.

  • The arches are covered externally by ectoderm and internally by endoderm.

    Academic text (2006)
  • In this phase of the formation of the three layers of the uterine wall, the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.

    Blog text (6)
  • Some organisms develop just two layers (ectoderm and endoderm), whereas more complex organisms will develop all three germ layers.

    Academic text (2002)
  • We have the somite seal, the notochord, the endoderm, the ectoderm, and two primordia of the dorsal ERTA.

  • An acquired theory suggests that these cysts develop from the cystic degeneration of Hassall's corpuscles, primitive endoderm, lymphocytes, and reticular cells.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Although endoderm cells of tailbud-stage R. pipiens embryos have lost nuclear potential, Hennen (1970) was able to reverse these otherwise stable nuclear changes with technical modifications to the transplantation procedure.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The embryonic endoderm forms the linings of the digestive and respiratory tracts.

Synonyms

endoblast
vsendoderm
  • Specialized
9.9

A layer inside an embryo that becomes the lining of the gut and lungs

is the same term in different form or spelling
entoblast
vsendoderm
  • Archaic
9.9

Innermost layer of an embryo that becomes the lining of the digestive and breathing systems

is the same concept presented with another form of the word
entoderm
vsendoderm
  • Archaic
9.9

The inner layer of cells in an embryo that becomes the lining of the gut and lungs

is the same idea but uses a different spelling or form
hypoblast
vsendoderm
  • Specialized
9.9

A layer of cells inside an embryo that forms the lining of the gut and breathing tubes

is the same layer term but uses a different historical or regional form

Surface Forms

endoderm singular
endoderms plural

Morphology

endoderm = endo (semi-transparent) = endo + derm

The word is formed from the scientific combining forms 'endo-' (inner) + '-derm' (skin); the composition is clear to learners familiar with scientific morphology but technical for average learners.

Etymology

Endoderm comes from Greek words endo- meaning 'inner' and -derm meaning 'skin', like the derm in epidermis. So endoderm is the 'inner skin' of an embryo that becomes the lining of the gut and lungs.