尾芽

wěiyá

noun

Meanings

尾芽是脊椎动物胚胎发育中形成躯干后段的结构。

Wěiyá shì jǐzhuī dòngwù pēitāi fāyù zhōng xíngchéng qūgàn hòu duàn de jiégòu.

The tail bud is the embryonic structure that forms the posterior trunk in vertebrate development.

研究人员观察了斑马鱼尾芽中神经中胚层前体的分化。

Yánjiū rényuán guānchá le bānmǎ yú wěiyá zhōng shénjīng zhōng pēi céng qián tǐ de fēnhuà.

The researchers observed the differentiation of neuromesodermal progenitors in the zebrafish tail bud.

usage

Developmental biology term. Parse as 尾 (tail) + 芽 (bud/sprout) — the embryonic outgrowth that elongates the body axis posteriorly.

尾 wěi

芽 yá