vitelline membrane
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vitelline membrane
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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They observed that interactions between the embryo and the vitelline membrane provided a source of mechanical force.
From Nature
The human ovum is a flattened spherical cell, made up of a very delicate cell-wall, called the vitelline membrane; outside this is a comparatively thick membrane, the zona pellucida, which is properly not a part of the cell.
From Project Gutenberg
The only membrane enclosing the individual eggs is the vitelline membrane.
From Project Gutenberg
The eggs are small; the diameter of recently-deposited eggs is about 1.3 mm. and that of the vitelline membrane is about 1.5 mm.
From Project Gutenberg
This new individual at first is simply a uninucleated mass of living matter, which always contains a certain amount of food-yolk, and is generally bounded by a delicate cuticular membrane called the vitelline membrane.
From Project Gutenberg
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