Mesectodermal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mesectodermal is an adjective meaning (embryology) Relating to the mesectoderm.
Meaning
(embryology) Relating to the mesectoderm.
Example Sentences
The cells then interdigitate to form a single-cell-wide strip that now occupies the ventral midline, the mesectodermal cells.
During neurulation in chick embryos, as the neural folds fuse dorsally, CNC cells delaminate and migrate to generate several cephalic structures that comprise mesectodermal and neural derivatives.
Here the mesectodermal substrate was transplanted with the ectoderm, with the result that in four cases out of seven balancers developed, while in the other three development began, but was arrested.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mesoectodermal, mesendodermal, mesodermic, mesodermal, ectomesenchymal, mesoendodermal.
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