Select the correct answer. Patients with severe, uncontrolled diabetes can eventually suffer kidney failure. Jack works in a laboratory that is attempting to grow healthy kidney cells from embryonic cells. From which part of an embryo would Jack derive cells that could eventually become kidney cells? A. Trophoblast B. Mesoderm C. Endoderm D. Ectoderm

B. Mesoderm

Explanation:

The germ layers begin to develop from the fourth to the seventh week, in this period one has an embryo. All cell types will derive from these layers called ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.

Mesoderm which is the middle layer of the embryo forms the dermis, smooth and skeletal muscles, the circulatory system: heart, blood vessels, lymphatic tissue, connective tissue; the skeletal system: bones and cartilage; and the excretory and reproductive system: genitals, kidneys, urethra, bladder and gonads.

Answer: B. Mesoderm

Explanation:

The intermediate mesoderm connects the paraxial mesoderm with the lateral plate, eventually it differentiates into urogenital structures consisting of the kidneys, gonads, their associated ducts, and the adrenal glands.