an embryonic undifferentiated connective tissue, often derived from mesoderm which will form most of the adult connective tissues. Cellular organization contrasts with that of epithelial tissue. (More? Musculoskeletal Notes)

the embryonic connective tissue from which all other connective tissue eventually arises.

Embryonic mesoderm tissue in animals from which are formed the connective tissues, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels.

The embryonic precursor to all connective tissues. Mesenchymal cells differentiate into fibroblasts, adipocytes, endothelial cells, etc.

The connective tissue of fetal and developing organs which will develop into the stroma. Mesenchyme dictates the development and patterning of the epithelium during organ development and in turn is induced to differentiate by the developing epithelial structures.

Immature, unspecialized form of connective tissue in animals, consisting of cells embedded in a tenuous extra-cellular matrix.

Loose, often migratory, embryonic tissue derived from the mesoderm, giving rise to connective tissue, cartilage, muscle, hemopoietic cells, etc., in the adult.

loose connective tissue, capable of migration

Connective tissue arising from multiple germ layers consisting of unspecialized cells. A number of cell types come from the mesenchyme, including the cells that give rise to collagen, muscle, cartilage, and bone.

Embryonic or fetal connective tissue.

mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles

Greek mesos = middle, and chymos = juice; the embryonic connective tissue of the mesoderm.

Embryonic connective tissue composed of loosely organized, undifferentiated star-shaped mesodermal cells in the extracellular matrix. Back to glossary index

Undifferentiated tissue of mesodermal origin that gives rise to connective tissue including such specialized tissues as bone, cartilage, muscle and vessels.

Embryonic tissue of medodermal orgin that develops into connective tissue, lymphatic tissues, and blood vessels.

Gr. mesos - middle; Gr. enchyma - an infusion, something poured in]. Embryonic connective tissue derived from mesoderm and neural crest cells. It later forms predominantly connective tissues, but may also differentiate into epithelial, muscular and nervous tissues.

a sort of fourth germ layer formed by mixture of neural crest ectoderm and epimeric mesodermal cells. It is fated to differentiate into bone and dermis, among other structures.

Mesenchyme is embryonic mesoderm that gives rise to blood, skeletal tissues, and connective tissues.

The part of the embryonic mesoderm, consisting of loosely packed, unspecialized cells set in a gelatinous ground substance, from which connective tissue, bone, cartilage, and the circulatory and lymphatic systems develop.

Mesenchyme (also known as embryonic connective tissue) is the mass of tissue that develops mainly from the mesoderm (the middle layer of the trilaminar germ disc) of an embryo. Viscous in consistency, mesenchyme contains collagen bundles and fibroblasts. Mesenchyme later differentiates into blood vessels, blood-related organs, and connective tissues.