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 (except somatic and splanchic mesoderm), near Wolffian duct.
* Lateral plate mesoderm: purple, including "Somatic mesoderm" and "Splanchic mesoderm".
Latin mesenchyma intermedium
Gray's subject #6 50
Gives rise to Wolffian duct
Code TE E5.6.0.0.0.0.2

Intermediate mesenchyme or 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)

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