Why Is the Mesenchyme Important?
Mesenchyme Directly Gives Rise to Most of the Body's Connective Tissues, from Bones and Cartilage to the Lymphatic and Circulatory Systems. Furthermore, the...
Mesenchyme directly gives rise to most of the body's connective tissues, from bones and cartilage to the lymphatic and circulatory systems. Furthermore, the interactions between mesenchyme and another tissue type, epithelium, help to form nearly every organ in the body.
What develops from the mesenchyme?
The mesenchyme develops into the tissues of the lymphatic and circulatory systems, as well as the musculoskeletal system. This latter system is characterized as connective tissues throughout the body, such as bone, muscle and cartilage. A malignant cancer of mesenchymal cells is a type of sarcoma.
What is special about mesenchyme cells?
Mesenchymal stem cells can self-renew by dividing and can differentiate into multiple tissues including bone, cartilage, muscle and fat cells, and connective tissue.