{"id":8054,"date":"2019-05-22T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/germinal_-or_germ-_layers\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:03:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:03:32","slug":"germinal_-or_germ-_layers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/germinal_-or_germ-_layers\/","title":{"rendered":"Germinal (or germ) layers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three primary germinal cell layers formed during gastrulation that line the central cavity of the gastrula, and which are partially determined in their developmental potential. &nbsp;Ectoderm, the outermost layer, gives rise to the nervous system and outer integument. &nbsp;Mesoderm, the middle layer, produces muscles, connective tissues, and the urogenital system. &nbsp;Entoderm, the innermost layer, differentiates into the alimentary tract and other internal organs (e.g., the liver).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;See <a href=\"adrenal_medulla\">Adrenal medulla<\/a>, <a href=\"blastopore\">Blastopore<\/a>, <a href=\"ectoderm\">Ectoderm<\/a>, <a href=\"entoderm_-or_endoderm-\">Entoderm (or endoderm)<\/a>, <a href=\"gastrula\">Gastrula<\/a>, <a href=\"gastrulation\">Gastrulation<\/a>, <a href=\"mesenchyme\">Mesenchyme<\/a>, Mesoderm. Oogenia, <a href=\"organogenesis\">Organogenesis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three primary germinal cell layers formed during gastrulation that line the central cavity of the gastrula, and which are partially determined in their developmental potential. &nbsp;Ectoderm, the outermost layer, gives rise to the nervous system and outer integument. &nbsp;Mesoderm, the middle layer, produces muscles, connective tissues, and the urogenital system. &nbsp;Entoderm, the innermost layer, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/germinal_-or_germ-_layers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Germinal (or germ) layers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-8054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}