Sentences with phrase «midline tissue»

Regardless of its nature, dorsoventral axis inversion (35) would have brought the ventral midline tissue into a dorsal position in the chordate lineage, and the appearance of incompressible vacuoles (14) would have gradually transformed it into a stiff rod of constant length; the amphioxus notochord could then be regarded a vestige of a contractile - cartilaginous transition.

Yet, in the absence of detailed investigations of expression profile and developmental fate of mesodermal midline cells in basal ecdysozoans and deuterostome ambulacrarians, the nature of ventral midline tissue in urbilaterians remains undecided.

Not exact matches

Although none of the genes were exclusively expressed in the annelid mesodermal midline, their combined coexpression was unique to these cells (implying that mesodermal midline in annelids and chordamesoderm in vertebrates are more similar to each other than to any other tissue).

There are two parallel muscles, separated by a midline band of connective tissue called the linea alba.

This strip of connective tissue running down your midline, between the left and right sides of your abdominal muscles also connects to your pelvis and your ribcage.

However, we don't have any bones at the front of the abdomen, so instead, the abdominal muscles overlap via layers of fascia and connective tissue (9) to form a thicker midline structure - the Linea Alba or LA (25)- which runs from your breast bone (the xyphoid process) to your pubic bone, providing a strong lever from which these muscles can generate force to move or stabilize the spine and abdominal contents.

# 5 Learn how to assess your abs — Diastasis Recti refers to separation of the 6 pack layer of your abs & the stretching of the connective tissue that runs down the midline of the body called your linea alba.

For dogs and cats, the standard site for microchip placement is in the subcutaneous tissue along the dorsal midline (the spine) between the pet's shoulder blades.