Notochord

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title: Notochord
text: In zoology and developmental anatomy, the notochord is an elastic, rod-like anatomical structure found in many deuterostomal animals. A notochord is one of five synapomorphies, or characteristics used to define a species as a chordate. The notochord is derived from the embryonic mesoderm and consists of an inner core of vacuolated cells filled with glycoproteins, covered by two helical collagen-elastin sheaths. It lies along the rostral-caudal axis of the body, dorsal to the gut tube and ventral
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description: Flexible rod-shaped structure in all chordates
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notochord
date created: 2004-04-19T04:52:50Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T16:17:21Z
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