Embryonic Connective Tissue

Connective Tissue

Mesenchyme/Embryonic Connective Tissue

Characteristics/Fundamnetals

• Irregularly shaped cells surrounded by large amounts of homogenous matrix
• Once completed its migration to predetermined location it differentiates into other kinds of connective tissue
• Gives rise to all other connective tissues

Terminology:

• Mesenchyme - undifferentiated embryonic connective tissue derived from the mesoderm