blastocyst inner cell mass

Preferred Label : blastocyst inner cell mass;

MeSH definition : The cluster of cells inside a blastocyst. These cells give rise to the embryonic disc and eventual embryo proper. They are pluripotent EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS capable of yielding many but not all cell types in a developing organism.;

MeSH synonym : inner cell mass of blastocyst; inner cell mass, blastocyst;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with BLASTOCYTES which are undifferentiated embryonic cells, a term mostly used in foreign literature;

Details

Origin ID

D053624;

UMLS CUI

C1721028;

Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Inner Cell Mass [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- blastocyst inner cell mass [MeSH concept]
See also
- embryonic stem cells [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]

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