In amniote animal embryology, the epiblast is a tissue type derived either from the blastodisc in reptiles (incl. birds) or the inner cell mass of the blastocyst in mammals. It lies above the hypoblast. ==Mammals== In mammalian embryogenesis, the columnar cells of the epiblast are adjacent to the trophoblast, while the cuboidal cells of the hypobl...
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• (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.
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(from the article `animal development`) ...animals is partial (meroblastic), and, at its conclusion, the embryo consists of a disk-shaped group of cells lying on top of a mass of yolk. This ... ...after the blastula, begins to take form. First, cells facing the cavity of the blastocyst arrange into a layer named the endoderm (Figure 1G,...
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Ep'i·blast noun [ Prefix
epi- +
-blast .]
(Biol.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See
Blastoderm ,
Delamination .
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ep′i-blast Definitions: 1. Gives rise to the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm of the embryo proper.
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epiblast The outer layer of a gastrula in the embryo of some grasses, a small structure opposite the scutellum, thought to be a rudimentary cotyledon.
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the primordial outer layer of a young embryo before the segregation of the germ layers, capable of becoming the ectoderm and containing cells capable of becoming the mesoderm and endoderm.
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