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embryonic structure

A structure of the embryo, generally in reference to one not persisting into adulthood.

Specific

allantois archenteron blastocele blastocyst blastomere blastopore blastula branchial arch; pharyngeal arch celom chorion chorionic villi cloaca embryonic artery embryonic vein foramen cecum of frontal bone (blind/cecal foramen of frontal bone) foregut gastrula germ layer hindgut mesonephric (Wolffian) duct mesonephric tubule mesonephros metanephros midgut morula Mullerian (paramesonephric) duct neural crest neural fold (neural groove, medullary groove) neural plate neural tube ostium primum (interatrial foramen primum) ostium secundum (interatrial foramen secundum) sclerotome septum primum somite thyroglossal/thyrolingual duct trophoblast truncus arteriosus umbilical cord vitelline duct (yolk stalk, umbilical duct, omphalomesenteric duct) yolk sac zygote

General

organ structure

Properties


References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Component-of

embryo