Splanchnopleure

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Splanchnopleure
Transverse Section of a human embryo, showing union of intra- and extra-embryonic parts of ccelom and separation of embryonic mesoderm.jpg
Schematic transverse section of an embryo showing the lateral plate divisions of somatopleure and splanchnopleure
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Carnegie stage 9
Precursor Lateral plate mesoderm, endoderm
Gives rise to Mesenchyme
Identifiers
Latin mesenchyma splanchnopleurale
TE E4.0.4.1.0.0.4
Anatomical terminology

The splanchnopleure is a formed during embryogenesis when the lateral plate mesoderm splits into two layers. The inner (or splanchnic) layer adheres to the endoderm, and with it forms the splanchnopleure (mesoderm external to the coelom plus the endoderm).

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PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 50 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)