Inner Cell Mass

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ICM
Pronunciation
/ˈɪnər sɛl mæs/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Laboratory

Examples in Context

  1. These inner cell mass cells are pluripotent-they can give rise to many types of cells but not all types of cells necessary for fetal development.
  2. Isolation of embryonic stem cells from inner cell mass of porcine blastocysts
  3. Germ layer & One of three distinct layers of cells that arise in the inner cell mass, the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm, each of which develops into a distinctly different tissue in the embryo.
  4. In fact, if an inner cell mass cell were placed into a woman's uterus, it would not develop into a fetus.
  5. LN chiefly distributed in the inner cell mass and between trophoblasts in early blastocyst.

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