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inner cell mass

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inner cell mass [¦in·ər ′sel ‚mas]
(embryology)
The cells at the animal pole of a blastocyst which give rise to the embryo and certain extraembryonic membranes.


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Embryonic stem cells are derived from a group of cells called the inner cell mass in a very early stage embryo.
It develops into a blastocyst consisting of two groups of cells: an inner cell mass of embryonic stern-cells destined to form an embryo and peripheral cells destined to form the non-maternal parts of the placenta and membranes.
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