angioblast /an·gio·blast/ (an´je-o-blast″)
angioblast
angioblast [an´je-o-blast″]
1. the embryonic mesenchymal tissue from which blood cells and blood vessels arise.
2. an individual vessel-forming cell.angioblas´tic
an·gi·o·blast ( n j - -blst )n. 1. A cell taking part in blood vessel formation. 2. The primordial mesenchymal tissue from which embryonic blood cells and vascular endothelium are differentiated. Also called vasoformative cell. |
angioblast
[an′jēō·blast′]
Etymology: Gk, angeion, vessel + blastos, germ
1 the mesenchymal tissue of the embryo from which the blood cells and blood vessels differentiate.
2 an individual vessel-forming cell.
angioblast [an´je-o-blast″]
1. the earliest formative tissue from which blood cells and blood vessels arise.
2. an individual vessel-forming cell. adj., adj angioblast´ic.
angioblast
1. the earliest formative tissue from which blood cells and blood vessels arise.
2. an individual vessel-forming cell.
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