mesenchyme /mes·en·chyme/ (mez´eng-kīm) the meshwork of embryonic connective tissue in the mesoderm from which are formed the connective tissues of the body and the blood and lymphatic vessels.mesen´chymal
mesenchyme
mesenchyme (mes´engkīm),
mes·en·chyme (m z  n-k m )n. The part of the embryonic mesoderm that consists of loosely packed, unspecialized cells that are set in a gelatinous ground substance, from which connective tissue, bone, cartilage, and the circulatory and lymphatic systems develop. mes·en chy·mal (mz-ngk-ml, mzn-kml) adj. |
mesenchyme
[mes′engkīm]
Etymology: Gk, mesos + enchyma, infusion
a diffuse network of tissue derived from the embryonic mesoderm. It consists of stellate cells embedded in gelatinous ground substance with reticular fibers. mesenchymal, adj.
mesenchyme (mes´engkīm),
n an embryonic connective tissue that migrates from the primitive epidermal and hypodermal layers and later produces the mesodermal layer. It is in this layer that embryonic tooth buds begin to form.
mesenchyme
the meshwork of embryonic connective tissue in the mesoderm, from which are formed the muscular and connective tissues of the body and also the blood vessels and lymph vessels.
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