Ektoderm

The ectoderm is one of the three primary germ layers formed in early embryonic development. It is the outermost layer, and is superficial to the mesoderm (the middle layer) and endoderm (the innermost layer). It emerges and originates from the outer layer of germ cells. The word ectoderm comes from the Greek ektos meaning "outside", and derma meaning "skin".

Key facts

Embryology.Name: Ectoderm
Embryology.Image: Ectoderm.png
Embryology.Caption: Organs derived from ectoderm.
Embryology.Image2: Gray11.png
Embryology.Caption2: Section through embryonic disk of Vespertilio murinus.
Embryology.Days: 16

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Research

20,517 papers

Ectoderm as a determinant of early tissue pattern in the limb bud.Cell differentiation · 1984
Rare diseases of ectoderm: Translating discovery to therapy.American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2023
A Modular Platform for Differentiation of Human PSCs into All Major Ectodermal Lineages.Cell stem cell · 2017
Human surface ectoderm and amniotic ectoderm are sequentially specified according to cellular density.Science advances · 2024
Ocular surface ectoderm instigated by WNT inhibition and BMP4.Stem cell research · 2020

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Commons category: Ectoderm
topic's main category: Category:Ectoderm
NCI Thesaurus ID: C12703

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Article · Svenska

Ektoderm (av grek. ektos, utanför, och derma, hud), det yttre cellskiktet hos ett embryo i gastrulaskedet. I gastrulaskedet delas det tidigare enkla cellskiktet, blastodermet, i två eller flera skikt som kallas groddblad. Groddbladen är komplexa rudiment som bildar olika organ. Alla organ hos ett högre djur härrör från embryots tre groddblad: ektoderm, endoderm och mesoderm. Ektodermet bildar överhuden (epidermis), nervsystemet och, hos ryggradsdjur, delar av kraniet (främst det s.k. inälvskraniet eller visceralkraniet).

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