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Ectoderm vs Stomodeum - What's the difference?

ectoderm | stomodeum |

As nouns the difference between ectoderm and stomodeum

is that ectoderm is 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 while stomodeum is a depression on the ectoderm of a developing embryo that becomes the mouth.

ectoderm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) 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

    * endoderm * mesoderm

    stomodeum

    English

    Alternative forms

    *stomatodaeum *stomatodeum

    Noun

    (stomodea)
  • (anatomy) A depression on the ectoderm of a developing embryo that becomes the mouth