Somatopleure vs. Splanchnopleure — What's the Difference?

A layer of cells in a vertebrate embryo, formed by association of part of the mesoderm with the ectoderm and developing as the internal body wall.

A layer of cells in a vertebrate embryo, formed by association of part of the mesoderm with the endoderm and developing into the wall of the viscera.

(embryology) A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop.

A layer of embryonic cells formed from the mesoderm and endoderm that develops into the wall of the viscera.

The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellæ into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See Splanchnopleure.

The inner, or visceral, one of the two lamellæ into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric canal and the umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure.