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Endoderm
Endoderm, (sometimes called ''Entoderm'') is one of the germ layers formed during animal embryogenesis. Cells migrating inward along the archenteron from the inner layer of the gastrula, which develops into the endoderm.
The endoderm consists at first of flattened cells, which subsequently become columnar. It forms the epithelial lining of the whole of the digestive tube except part of the mouth, pharynx and the terminal part of the rectum (which are lined by involutions of the ectoderm), the lining cells of all the glands which open into the digestive tube, including those of the liver and pancreas, the epithelium of the auditory tube and tympanic cavity, of the Vertebrate trachea|trachea, bronchi, and alveoli of the lungs, of the urinary bladder and part of the urethra, and that which lines the follicles of the thyroid gland and thymus.
Production
The following chart shows the products produced by the endoderm.
Additional images
Image:Gray21.png|Section through the embryo.
Image:Gray32.png|Section through ovum imbedded in the uterine decidua
See also
- Ectoderm
- Germ layer
- Histogenesis
- Mesoderm
- Organogenesis
- Endodermal sinus tumor
Notes
References
- Evers, Christine A., Lisa Starr. ''Biology:Concepts and Applications.'' 6th ed. United States:Thomson, 2006. ISBN 0-534-46224-3.
Category:Developmental biology
Category:Embryology
Category:Gastrulation
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