archenteron
Americannoun
plural
archenteranoun
Other Word Forms
- archenteric adjective
Etymology
Origin of archenteron
1875–80; arch- 2 + enteron ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron.
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The archenteron gives off two lateral pounchs and thus becomes trilobed.
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In the direct development Bateson showed that the three divisions of the coelom arise as pouches constricted off from the archenteron or primitive gut, thus resembling the development of the mesoblastic somites of Amphioxus.
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Finally, we note two series of buds of cells, one on either side of the archenteron in Figure 7 ii.
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With the notochord he homologised the supporting rod in the proboscis of Balanoglossus, which like the notochord arises from the dorsal wall of the archenteron, and has a vacuolated structure.
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