enveloping layer of ectoderm
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007383
Outermost layer of cells surrounding the embryo. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: enveloping layer, EVL
Term info
- ZFA:0000086
- EFO:0003425
- TAO:0000086
efo_slim
Outermost monolayer of cells surrounding the embryo that become very flattened in the blastula and give rise to the periderm. Sometimes used synonymously with periderm. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]
relationship loss: develops_from superficial blastomere (TAO:0001484)[TAO]
Originally this tissue is one cell layer thick but in most vertebrates it soon becomes a two layered structure. The outer layer gives rise to the periderm.
uberon
UBERON:0007383
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
- ecto-epithelium
- embryonic tissue
- unilaminar epithelium
- bounding layer of some embryo
- develops from some external ectoderm