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Endoderm vs Mesendoderm - What's the difference?

endoderm | mesendoderm |

As nouns the difference between endoderm and mesendoderm

is that endoderm is one of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal through development, it will produce the digestive system of the adult while mesendoderm is (embryology) an embryonic tissue layer which differentiates into mesoderm and endoderm.

endoderm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the digestive system of the adult.
  • See also

    * ectoderm * mesoderm

    mesendoderm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (embryology) An embryonic tissue layer which differentiates into mesoderm and endoderm
  • Derived terms

    *mesendodermal