NOUN
- a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula
How To Use morula In A Sentence
- This is called the morula (= mulberry-embryo) on account of its resemblance to a mulberry or blackberry. The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
- A human embryo is any whole, living member of the species homo sapiens in the embryonic stage, which includes the stages of zygote, morula, and blastocyst.
- Then in 1986 a physician noticed bacterial clusters called morulae in a blood smear from a critically ill man that looked like those formed by bacteria in the genus THE MEDICAL NEWS
- A fertilized egg morula, blastulocyst, very early embryo has no brain. Even For Pro-Lifers, Banning Abortion Makes No Sense
- Several operations were performed, three resulting in ova that formed small clusters of cells morulae . How pro-lifers view the PBA issue
- Cleavage is followed by a period of differential cell movement that appears to occur largely by multipolar delamination (sometimes called morula delamination).
- From early afternoon yesterday, I lay on my bed reading and just out the glass doors in the male morula tree was a big spotted eagle owl attempting to get some shelter from the relentless rain. Archive 2010-04-01
- We lost two on Friday, one other was at the morula stage. Brile Diary Entry
- That means that parents who are doing IVF could conceivably agree to have a cell removed from their morula, which could then give rise to a line of stem cells, while the morula developed into an embryo ready for implanting.
- 5 The process is repeated again and again, so that the two cells are succeeded by four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on, with the result that a mass of cells is found within the zona striata, and to this mass the term morula is applied (Fig. 9). I. Embryology. 5. Segmentation of the Fertilized Ovum