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mesenchyme

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Portion of tissue consisting of loosely organized undifferentiated mesodermal cells that give rise to such structures as connective tissues, blood, lymphatics, bone, and cartilage[XAO]. A mesh-like cell arrangement, less compact than an epithelium[ZFA]. The part of the embryonic mesoderm, consisting of loosely packed, unspecialized cells set in a gelatinous ground substance, from which connective tissue, bone, cartilage, and the circulatory and lymphatic systems develop[BTO]. [ http://zfin.org/curator http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001393 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesenchyme ]

Term info

Label

mesenchyme

Synonyms
  • mesenchymal tissue
  • mesenchyme tissue
  • portion of mesenchymal tissue
  • portion of mesenchyme tissue
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Mesenchymal_Stem_Cell.jpg

editor note

the relationship to mesoderm is weaker than develops_from in order to have classes such as 'head mesenchyme from mesoderm' make sense

external definition

A mesh-like cell arrangement, less compact than an epithelium. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO], Portion of tissue consisting of loosely organized undifferentiated mesodermal cells that give rise to such structures as connective tissues, blood, lymphatics, bone, and cartilage.[AAO]

has related synonym

mesenchyma

id

UBERON:0003104