desmocranium /des·mo·cra·ni·um/ (dez″mo-kra´ne-um) the mass of mesoderm at the cranial end of the notochord in the early embryo, forming the earliest stage of the skull.
des·mo·cra·ni·um (d z m -kr  n - m)n. The mass of embryonic mesenchymal cells that develop into the cranium. |
desmocranium
the mass of mesoderm at the cranial end of the notochord in the early embryo, forming the earliest stage of the skull.
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