Mesothelium

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A membrane of flat epithelial cells that lines the body cavity of embryos and forms the squamous cells of the peritoneum, pericardium, and pleura
  2. 2
    epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity wordnet

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mesoepithelium

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"The mesenchymal tissue between the mesothelium and the ectoderm forms the mass of the skeletal, muscular and vascular systems."

Etymology

From meso- + -thelium.

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