Ectoderm Common

Ectoderm has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue

ectoderm exoderm ectoblast

Outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

See Also

subectodermal stomodeum gastrula endoderm mesoectodermal epicœle ectodermosis epiblast

Related Terms

subectodermal stomodeum gastrula endoderm mesoectodermal epicœle ectodermosis epiblast mesectoderm neuroectoderm neural plate skin ectomere mesoderm triploblasty development ectospermalege tissue nervous system planar induction

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

germ layer

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

neural tube

Rhyming Words

erm berm ferm perm germ term merm herm derm inerm sherm sperm therm diderm degerm laperm deperm scherm kinterm minterm

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