Intermediate mesoderm

Intermediate mesoderm
Transverse section of a chick embryo of forty-five hours’ incubation. * Chordamesoderm: yellow, at notochord. * Paraxial mesoderm: red, at somite. * Intermediate mesoderm: purple, near Wolffian duct. * Lateral plate mesoderm: purple, including "Somatic mesoderm" and "Splanchic mesoderm".
Gray's	subject #6 50
Gives rise to	Wolffian duct

Intermediate mesoderm is a type of mesoderm that is located between the paraxial mesoderm and the lateral plate.

It develops into the part of the urogenital system (kidneys and gonads)

• forms of urogenital system
• series of short evaginations from each segment grows dorsally caudally
• vestiges of the future kidney, the pronephros briefly appears.
• pronephric duct arises in the intermediate mesoderm just ventral to the anterior somites
• grows caudally until it becomes the cloaca
• it is distinct from the lateral mesoderm, as it is not influenced by the secretion of BMP-4 by the ectoderm, possibly due to the lack of receptors.

External links

• Embryology at UNC genital-002
• Diagram at lww.com
• Overview at nih.gov

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