Notochord

Japanese: 脊索 - せきさく
Notochord

The notochord is a tissue located at the center of the embryo of protochordates and vertebrates that supports the body. In amphioxus, the notochord is present throughout life, in ascidians during the larval stage, and in vertebrates for a period during the embryonic stage, at the bottom of the neural tube, stretching back and forth and providing mechanical strength to the body. The primordium of the notochord is a group of cells that invaginate from the blastopore or Hensen's node and migrate forward along the midline of the embryo. A typical notochord is made up of a group of vacuolated cells surrounded by a connective tissue membrane. In vertebrate embryos, the notochord eventually changes into part of the vertebrae.

[Shigeo Takeuchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

原索動物および脊椎(せきつい)動物の胚(はい)の中軸にあって体を支える組織をいう。脊索は、ナメクジウオでは終生、ホヤでは幼生期、脊椎動物では胚の一時期、それぞれ神経管の下部にあって前後に伸び、体に力学的な強さを与える。脊索の原基となるのは、原口あるいはヘンゼン結節より陥入し、胚正中線に沿って前方へ移動した細胞群である。典型的な脊索は、液胞化した細胞群とこれを包む結合組織性の膜からなる。脊椎動物の胚では、脊索はやがて脊椎骨の一部に変わる。

[竹内重夫]

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