Which structure is commonly formed from mesenchymal tissue during embryonic development?
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: Cartilage
Mesenchyme contributes to the formation of cartilage, bone, blood vessels, and other connective tissues during embryonic development. Enamel, the lens of the eye, and epidermis derive from ectoderm, not mesenchyme.
Keep practicing
More Mesenchyme questions
- Which property of mesenchymal cells allows them to migrate during development?
- Which histological feature helps identify mesenchyme under a microscope?
- Mesenchyme is most abundant during which stage of life?
- Which connective tissue fiber type begins to appear as mesenchyme differentiates?
- Which embryonic process involves the transformation of epithelial cells into mesenchymal cells?
- Which adult connective tissue retains characteristics similar to embryonic mesenchyme?