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Mesoderm vs Mesendoderm - What's the difference?

mesoderm | mesendoderm |

In embryology terms the difference between mesoderm and mesendoderm

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 mesendoderm is an embryonic tissue layer which differentiates into mesoderm and endoderm.

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

    mesendoderm

    English

    Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    *mesendodermal