Portion of the middle of the three primary germ layers of the embryo that resides on the periphery of the embryo, is continuous with the extra-embryonic mesoderm, splits into two layers enclosing the intra-embryonic coelom, and gives rise to body wall structures[MP]. [ MP:0010117 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_plate_mesoderm ]
Synonyms: lateral mesoderm LPM
Term information
- EHDAA:379
- TAO:0000121
- NCIT:C34199
- UMLS:C1517749 (ncithesaurus:Lateral_Mesoderm)
- Wikipedia:Lateral_plate_mesoderm
- AAO:0010574
- VHOG:0000118
- EHDAA2:0000919
- FMA:293149
- ZFA:0000121
- SCTID:361477005
- XAO:0000311
- EMAPA:16179
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
The portion of the mesoderm of the trunk of vertebrate embryos lying lateral to the intermediate mesoderm. [...] [It] subdivides into two plates: one dorsal, called the somatopleure, and one ventral, called the splanchnopleure. [Gastrulation:_From_cells_to_embryo_(2004)_Cold_Spring_Harbor, Glossary_XV, New_York:_Cold_Spring_Harbor_Laboratory_Press, Stern_CD][VHOG]
Portion of mesoderm traditionally thought to give rise to limb bones and parts of the girdles.[AAO]
A ventrolateral zone of amphioxus mesoderm grows down to surround the gut. Homology of this zone to the lateral plate mesoderm of vertebrates is supported by site of origin and fate.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- dense mesenchyme tissue
- embryonic tissue
- embryonic structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some mesoderm
- surrounds some intraembryonic coelom
- only in taxon some Bilateria