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| Metanephric blastema | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carnegie stage | 14 | |
| Days | 35 | |
| Precursor | Wolffian duct | |
| Gives rise to | nephron (Bowman's capsule, connecting tubule, distal convoluted tubule, glomerulus, loop of Henle, proximal convoluted tubule), but not collecting duct | |
The metanephric blastema (or metanephric mesenchyme, or metanephric mesoderm) is one of the two embryological structures that give rise to the kidney (the other is the ureteric bud.)
The metanephric blastema mostly develops into nephrons, but can also form parts of the collecting duct system.
See also
External links
- Swiss embryology (from UL, UB, and UF) turinary/urinhaute01
- genital-017a — Embryology at UNC
- Diagram at mcgill.ca 1
- Diagram at mcgill.ca 2
- Qiao J, Cohen D, Herzlinger D (1995). "The metanephric blastema differentiates into collecting system and nephron epithelia in vitro.". Development 121 (10): 3207–14. PMID 7588055.
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