splanchnopleure /splanch·no·pleure/ (splangk´no-ploor) the layer formed by union of the splanchnic mesoderm with endoderm; from it are developed the muscles and the connective tissue of the digestive tube.splanchnopleu´ral
splanchnopleure
splanch·no·pleure (spl ngk n -pl r )n. A layer of embryonic cells formed by association of part of the mesoderm with the endoderm and developing into the wall of the viscera. splanch no·pleuric adj. |
splanchnopleure
[splangk′nōploo͡r′]
Etymology: Gk, splanchna + pleura, side
a layer of tissue in the early developing embryo, formed by the union of endoderm and splanchnic mesoderm. It gives rise to the embryonic gut and the visceral organs and continues externally to the embryo as the yolk sac and allantois. Compare somatopleure. splanchnopleural, adj.
splanchnopleure
the embryonic layer formed by union of the splanchnic mesoderm with entoderm; the digestive tube develops from it.
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