mesenchyme

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

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mes·en·chyme (mzn-km)

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.

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mes·enchy·mal (mz-ngk-ml, mzn-kml) adj.

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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.

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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.

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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.