Definition of Mesogloea. Meaning of Mesogloea. Synonyms of Mesogloea

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Definition of Mesogloea

Mesogloea
Mesogloea Mes`o*gl[oe]"a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + ? a glutinous substance.] (Zo["o]l.) A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain c[oe]lenterates. -- Mes`o*gl[oe]"al, a.

Meaning of Mesogloea from wikipedia

- Mesoglea refers to the extracellular matrix found in cnidarians like coral or jellyfish that functions as a hydrostatic skeleton. It is related to but...
- layer, a jellylike mesogloea layer and an inner gastrodermis; the septa are infoldings of the body wall and consist of a layer of mesogloea sandwiched between...
- junctions of the septa with the oral disc and the pedal disc, and across the mesogloea. No specialized sense organs are present, but sensory cells include nematocytes...
- jellyfish have gelatinous bodies, composed mainly of water; their thick mesogloea is acellular and highly transparent. This conveniently makes them buoyant...
- meridional canals branch off this and form a network of diverticulae in the mesogloea. There are no tentacles but there are a row of branched papillae, forming...
- well as wandering amebocytes that can engulf debris and bacteria. The mesogloea is bordered by the epidermis on the outside and the gastrodermis on the...
- (the stony cups in which the polyps sit). The coenosarc is composed of mesogloea between two thin layers of epidermis and is continuous with the body wall...
- jellyfish have gelatinous bodies, composed mainly of water; their thick mesogloea is acellular and highly transparent. This conveniently makes them buoyant...
- species has eight ecto-endodermal statocysts that are enclosed within mesogloea. There are four perradial marginal tentacles that are hollow and long...
- animal into its gastrovascular cavity. They are composed of a layer of mesogloea sandwiched between two layers of gastrodermis. They can either be "complete"...