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Mesenchyme vs Epithelium - What's the difference?

mesenchyme | epithelium |

As nouns the difference between mesenchyme and epithelium

is that mesenchyme is (anatomy) that part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc while epithelium is epithelium.

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

    epithelium

    English

    (wikipedia epithelium)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 25:
    • the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium .

    Synonyms

    * epithelial tissue

    Derived terms

    * epithelial

    See also

    * endothelium * epidermis English nouns with irregular plurals