See Also: subquadricipital muscle(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Germinal(dictionary)
germinal rod(medicine)
Germinal(medicine)
germinal streak(medicine)
germinal cords(medicine)
Germinal Centre(medicine)
Germinal vesicle(medicine)
germinal area(medicine)

germinal membrane (medicine) and subquadricipital muscle (medicine)


germinal membrane (medicine)


germinal membrane -->
blastoderm


In many eggs with a large amount of yolk, cell division (cleavage) is restricted to a superficial layer of the fertilized egg (meroblastic cleavage). This layer is termed the blastoderm. In birds it is a flat disc of cells at one pole of the egg and in insects an outer layer of cells surrounding the yolk mass.


subquadricipital muscle (medicine)


subquadricipital muscle -->
articularis genu
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, lower fourth of anterior surface of shaft of femur; insertion, suprapatellar bursa of knee joint; action, retracts suprapatellar bursa, during extension of knee; nerve supply, femoral.

Synonym: musculus articularis genus, articular muscle of knee, Dupre's muscle, subcrural muscle, subcruralis, subcrureus, subquadricipital muscle.