ENDODERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endoderm mean? 

• ENDODERM (noun)
  The noun ENDODERM has 1 sense:

1. the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems

  Familiarity information: ENDODERM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDODERM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

endoblast; endoderm; entoblast; entoderm; hypoblast

Hypernyms ("endoderm" is a kind of...):

germ layer ((embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation)

 Context examples 

The hepatogenic response is restricted to endoderm tissue, which selectively co-expresses FGF receptors 1 and 4.

(Fibroblast Growth Factor 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both transcriptional modulation and endoderm development.

(Homeobox Protein Hox-C11, NCI Thesaurus)

This bipotential layer is subsequently segregated into endoderm and mesoderm.

(Endomesoderm, NCI Thesaurus)

The cells may also show sebaceous differentiation and originate from the endoderm.

(Cystic Tumor of Atrioventricular Node, NCI Thesaurus)

A germ cell tumor that arises from the ovary and is composed of tissues that originate from two or three of the following germ layers, endoderm, ectoderm, or mesoderm.

(Ovarian Biphasic or Triphasic Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A teratoma of the ovary composed exclusively or predominantly of a single type of tissue derived from the ectoderm or endoderm.

(Ovarian Monodermal and Highly Specialized Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of various tissues which correspond to the different germinal layers (endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm).

(Ovarian Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed exclusively of one of the following tissue types endoderm, ectoderm, or mesoderm.

(Monodermal Testicular Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The three layers are the ectoderm, the mesoderm, and the endoderm.

(Germ layers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Gastrulation is the point at which the embryo transforms from being a single layer to three layers: an inner layer (endoderm), middle layer (mesoderm) and outer layer (endoderm), determining which tissues or organs the cells will then develop into.

(Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells, University of Cambridge)