splanchnopleure

splanch·no·pleure   (splāngk'nə-plŏŏr')    n.  A layer of embryonic cells formed in vertebrates by association of part of the mesoderm with the endoderm and developing into the wall of the viscera. [New Latin splanchnopleura : splanchno-, of viscera; see splanchnology + Greek pleura, side.] splanch'no·pleur'ic adj.

Main Entry: splanch·no·pleure
Pronunciation: 'spla[ng]k-n&-"plu(&)r
Function: noun
: a layer of tissue that consists of the inner ofthe two layers into which the unsegmented sheet of mesoderm splits in the embryo of a craniate vertebrate together with the endoderm internal to it and that forms most of the walls and substance of thevisceral organs —compare SOMATOPLEURE —splanch·no·pleu·ric /"spla[ng]k-n&-'plur-ik/ adjective

splanchnopleure splanch·no·pleure (splāngk'nə-pl&oobreve;r')
n.
A layer of embryonic cells formed by association of part of the mesoderm with the endoderm and developing into the wall of the viscera.

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splanch'no·pleur'ic adj.