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ICM
The inner cell mass (also known as ICM) is a small group of cells that makes up embryonic tissues which are found inside the trophoectoderm and which will give rise to the foetus. It is also known as embryoblast and inner cell mass.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Cell biology
Level of specialization Medium
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Variants
Synonym
Formal
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

masa celular interna
embrioblasto
Associated concepts
Type of
embryonic structure
Examples
The cells which genetic material want to be known are not biopsied (inner cellular mass (ICM) cells).
Data from blastocyst disaggregation studies consistently demonstrate that embryos classified as low- or medium-range mosaics are most often uniformly euploid, whereas high-range mosaics frequently correspond to constitutive aneuploidy of the ICM rather than true mosaicism.
Collocations
WITH NOUNS
ICM morphology grade | integrity || apoptosis | aneuploidy || cells
WITH VERBS
form | align | damage | evaluate | consider the ICM
WITH ADJECTIVES
packed | visible | mosaic | blastocyst ICM