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单词 ectoderm
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Definition of ectoderm in English:

ectoderm

nounˈɛktə(ʊ)dəːmˈɛktəˌdərm
mass nounEmbryology Zoology
  • The outermost layer of cells or tissue of an embryo in early development, or the parts derived from this, which include the epidermis, nerve tissue, and nephridia.

    〔动,胚〕外胚层;由外胚层形成的组织;外层。比较ENDODERM 和MESODERM

    Compare with endoderm and mesoderm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The branchial arches begin as cylindrical cores of mesenchyme sandwiched between continuous sheets of epidermal ectoderm and internal endoderm.
    • At a tissue level, an adult hydra is essentially a tube composed of two tissue layers, the ectoderm and the endoderm, which extend throughout the animal.
    • The presumptive neural tube tissues consist of a layer of ectoderm along the dorsal midline of the embryo, between the notochord and an outer layer of epidermis.
    • It is involved in mesoderm development and differentiation of the neural ectoderm into epidermoblasts and neuroblasts.
    • The anthozoans are diploblastic animals developing from two epithelial germ cell layers: the ectoderm, facing the seawater, and the endoderm, facing the gastrovascular cavity or coelenteron.

Derivatives

  • ectodermal

  • adjectiveɛktə(ʊ)ˈdəːm(ə)lˌɛktəˈdərm(ə)l
    Embryology Zoology
    • As the neural tube closes, the ectodermal cells continue to grow and divide very rapidly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For example, chaetal sacks are one of the few ectodermal features of polychaetes that regularly express engrailed, and chaetae are the primary indurated elements in the ectoderm.
      • The term iteration is used to denote processes that result in both metameric segments and repeated ectodermal skeletal structures.
      • At the very tip of the limb bud is a thickening in the ectoderm - the apical ectodermal ridge or apical ridge, which runs along the dorso-ventral boundary.
      • In most polychaetes, the ectodermal and mesodermal derivatives of the growth zone become incorporated into segmental tissues in an anterior-posterior sequence.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from ecto- 'outside' + Greek derma 'skin'.

Definition of ectoderm in US English:

ectoderm

nounˈɛktəˌdərmˈektəˌdərm
Embryology Zoology
  • The outermost layer of cells or tissue of an embryo in early development, or the parts derived from this, which include the epidermis and nerve tissue.

    〔动,胚〕外胚层;由外胚层形成的组织;外层。比较ENDODERM 和MESODERM

    Compare with endoderm and mesoderm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is involved in mesoderm development and differentiation of the neural ectoderm into epidermoblasts and neuroblasts.
    • The presumptive neural tube tissues consist of a layer of ectoderm along the dorsal midline of the embryo, between the notochord and an outer layer of epidermis.
    • At a tissue level, an adult hydra is essentially a tube composed of two tissue layers, the ectoderm and the endoderm, which extend throughout the animal.
    • The anthozoans are diploblastic animals developing from two epithelial germ cell layers: the ectoderm, facing the seawater, and the endoderm, facing the gastrovascular cavity or coelenteron.
    • The branchial arches begin as cylindrical cores of mesenchyme sandwiched between continuous sheets of epidermal ectoderm and internal endoderm.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from ecto- ‘outside’ + Greek derma ‘skin’.

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