Meaning of trophonema | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of several glandular villi of the uterus of viviparous sharks which supply nutrient to the embryos

Examples

“The trophonema consists of 50–60 trophocytes that maintain contact with <1% of the oocyte surface and forms a circular, bowel-shaped depression on the luminal surface of the gastrodermis as they sink into the mesoglea with the oocyte.”

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