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inner cell mass

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A mass of cells that develop into the body of the embryo and some extraembryonic tissues. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/pvb ]

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

efo_slim, pheno_slim, early_development

UBPROP 0000001

A group of cells found in the mammalian blastocyst that give rise to the embryo. [Biology_Online][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000003

A small sphere of cells known as the inner cell mass lies within the trophoblast (of all eutherian mammals).[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000011

This structure forms in the earliest steps of development, before implantation into the endometrium of the uterus has occurred.The ICM lies within the blastocyst cavity and is entirely surrounded by the single layer of cells called trophoblast. [Wikipedia:Inner_cell_mass]

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Blastocyst_English.svg

has related synonym

embryoblast, ICM, early embryoblast, pluriblast, embryoblastus; massa cellularis interna; pluriblastus senior

id

UBERON:0000087

prefLabel

Inner cell mass