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Wharton's jelly
Associated persons:
Thomas Wharton
Description:
A gelatinous intercellular substance which is the primitive mucoid connective tissue of the umbilical cord. It is rich in hyaluronic acid.
Bibliography:
- T. Wharton:
Adenographia: sive glandularum totius corporis descriptio.
London, 1656, pp. 243-244.
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