Definition of Hypoblast

1. Noun. The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems.

Exact synonyms: Endoblast, Endoderm, Entoblast, Entoderm
Generic synonyms: Germ Layer

Definition of Hypoblast

1. n. The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of Blastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm.

Definition of Hypoblast

1. Noun. (embryology) A type of tissue that forms from the inner cell mass and later is incorporated into the endoderm ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypoblast

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Medical Definition of Hypoblast

1. The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; called also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoblast

hypoandrogenemia
hypoarian
hypoarion
hypoarticulation
hypoarticulations
hypoazoturia
hypobaria
hypobaric
hypobaric spinal anaesthesia
hypobarism
hypobaropathy
hypobasidium
hypobetalipoproteinaemia
hypobetalipoproteinaemia with apo B-37
hypobetalipoproteinemia
hypoblast (current term)
hypoblastic
hypoblasts
hypobole
hypoboles
hypoborate
hypoborates
hypobranchial
hypobranchial eminence
hypobranchials
hypobromite
hypobromous
hypobromous acid
hypocalcaemia
hypocalcaemic cataract

Literary usage of Hypoblast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1879)
"they are still markedly continuous with the yolk hypoblast cells lining the ... This bending around of the hypoblast, which in Stage \ was almost a straight ..."

2. The Frog: An Introduction to Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology by Arthur Milnes Marshall, George Herbert Fowler (1902)
"Between the epiblast and hypoblast a third or intermediate layer of cells, ... It is formed by differentiation of the surface hypoblast and yolk-cells as a ..."

3. The Elements of Embryology by Michael Foster, Francis Maitland Balfour (1883)
"At the edge of the area pellucida the hypoblast becomes continuous with a thickened rim of material, underlying the epiblast, and derived from the original ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The fourth or lowest layer (4), the inle*tino-r/l<mdid<tr of Bemak and the hypoblast of recent writers, is the source of the epithelial lining of the ..."

5. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1876)
"In the hindermost sections of this stage the hypoblast retains a perfectly normal ... 1 c, ch', a slight thickening is to be observed in the hypoblast, ..."

6. A Manual of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Leonard Landois (1885)
"Between the epiblast and hypoblast, from the primitive streak outwards, is formed the ... Structures Formed from the Mesoblast and hypoblast. ..."

7. Studies from the Morphological Laboratory in the University of Cambridge by Francis Maitland Balfour, Adam Sedgwick (1880)
"they are still markedly continuous with the yolk hypoblast cells lining the ... This bending around of the hypoblast, which in Stage A was almost a straight ..."

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