Blastema

Word BLASTEMA
Character 8
Hyphenation blas te ma
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Blastema"

What do we mean by blastema?

A mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or a body part develops, either in normal development or in the regeneration of a lost body part. noun

A structureless substance from which it was formerly believed that cells are formed. noun

In bot.: Originally, the axis of an embryo, consisting of the radicle and the growing-point at its summit. noun

In later use, the initial point of growth from which any organ or part of an organ is developed. noun

Sometimes, the thallus of cryptogamous plants. noun

In anatomy and physical, the bioplasm or protoplasm of a germinating ovum; the substance of the blastomeres, blastoderm, etc.; granular formative material. noun

The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows. noun

A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part. noun

A mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops noun

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The word "blastema" in example sentences

Instead, a bump of cells called a blastema forms at the injured area. ❋ Unknown (2010)

« Israel Used Phosphorus to Torch Hamas Hideouts: Human Rights Watch (Updated) regrow soldiers 'limbs is complete; scientists managed to turn human skin into the equivalent of a blastema - a mass of undifferentiated cells that can develop into new body parts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This mass of undifferentiated cells is known as a blastema. ❋ Unknown (2006)

However, the progenitor cells will not achieve their full regenerative potential without interactions with the layer of "epicardial" cells that forms over the blastema. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Poss believes that when a portion of the heart tissue is removed from zebrafish, a blastema forms at the site of injury. ❋ Unknown (2006)

“Entwickelungsgeschichte” out of a nebular blastema. ❋ Unknown (2007)

[72] Ei poinun he sarx he despotike, to kuriakon plasma, ho xenos anthropos, ho ouranios, to neon blastema, to apo tes xenes hodinos anthesan houtos lambanei to pneuma hagion, etc. ❋ 1616-1683 (1967)

* Ei poinun he sarx he despotike, to kuriakon plasma, ho xenos anthropos, ho ouranios, to neon blastema, to apo tes xenes hodinos anthesan houtos lambanei to pneuma hagion: [4912] 1 ❋ 1616-1683 (1967)

Until, however, the cellular nature of the body had been demonstrated, it seemed necessary in some instances to postulate a blastema or exudation to account for certain new formations. ❋ Various (1909)

I at present entirely reject the blastema doctrine in its original form, and in its place I put the _doctrine of the continuous development of tissues out of one another_. ❋ Various (1909)

According to Schwann, the intercellular substance was cyto-blastema destined for the development of new cells; I believe this is not so, I believe that the intercellular substance is dependent in a certain definite manner upon the cells, and that certain parts of it belong to one cell and parts to another. ❋ Various (1909)

Schleiden, and accepted by Schwann, the connection between the three co-existent cell-constituents was long thought to be of this nature: that the nucleolus was the first to show itself in the development of tissues, by separating out of a formative fluid (blastema, cyto-blastema), that it quickly attained a certain size, that then fine granules were precipitated out of the blastema and settled around it, and that about these there condensed a membrane. ❋ Various (1909)

My first doubts of the blastema doctrine date from my researches on tubercle. ❋ Various (1909)

This blastema consists especially of free nuclei -- enclosed in cells floating in a semi-liquid, transparent, or firmly granular material, and mingled more or less with fibrinous elements. ❋ Unknown (1863)

This is accomplished by the reabsorption of the effused Plasma, either in its nascent state, or after it has been changed into blastema and fibro-cellular tissue. ❋ Unknown (1863)

Life consisting in the constant differentiation of the tissues by the action of oxygen, and their integration from the blastema furnished by the blood, why is not the harmony of these processes preserved forever? ❋ William Rounseville Alger (1863)

The Absorption of Lymph after its conversion into blastema and fibro-cellular tissue, does not occur to any considerable extent during the height of the inflammation by which it has been produced. ❋ Unknown (1863)

It has certainly had its metamorphoses, and, very probably, a long "Entwickelungsgeschichte" out of a nebular blastema. ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

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