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Mesoderm vs Mesenchyme - What's the difference?

mesoderm | mesenchyme |

As nouns the difference between mesoderm and mesenchyme

is that mesoderm is one of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through embryonic development, it will produce many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and circulatory system while mesenchyme is that part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc.

mesoderm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through embryonic development, it will produce many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and circulatory system.

    • Coordinate terms

    * ectoderm * endoderm

    mesenchyme

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia mesenchyme) (-)
  • (anatomy) That part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc.

    • Related terms

    * mesenchymal