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blastula

[blas-chuh-luh] / ˈblæs tʃə lə /


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The blastula is often a hollow ball of cells.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

After further cell division and rearrangement of existing cells, a 6–32-celled hollow structure called a blastula is formed.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

After fertilization, the zygote develops into a blastula, which develops into a planula larva.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Next, the blastula undergoes further cell division and cellular rearrangement during a process called gastrulation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The frog-embryo now represents a modified embryonic vesicle or blastula, with hollow animal half and solid vegetal half.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August