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splanch·no·pleure (splăngk'nə-plʊr')  |
A layer of embryonic cells formed in vertebrates by association of part of the mesoderm with the endoderm and developing into the wall of the viscera.
[New Latin splanchnopleura : splanchno-, of viscera; see splanchnology + Greek pleura, side.]
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The embryonic layer formed by union of the splanchnic mesoderm with entoderm; the digestive tube develops from it.
 | somatopleure |
| mesothelium |
| celom |
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