See Also: Hensen's node(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Hensen, Victor(medicine)
Hensen's stripe(medicine)
Hensen's line(medicine)
Hensen's knot(medicine)
Hensen's duct(medicine)
Hensen's disk(medicine)
Hensen's cell(medicine)
Hensen's canal(medicine)

Hensen's node (medicine)


Hensen's node -->
primitive node


A local thickening of the blastoderm at the cephalic end of the primitive streak of the embryo.

Synonym: Hensen's knot, Hensen's node, Hubrecht's protochordal knot, primitive knot, protochordal knot.