archenteron
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archentera
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Origin of archenteron
1875–80; arch- 2 + enteron ( def. )
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The archenteron develops into the alimentary canal, and a mouth opening is formed by invagination of ectoderm at the pole opposite the blastopore of the gastrula.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
They distinguished in the middle layer two quite distinct elements, the mesoblast proper, formed by the evagination of the walls of the archenteron, and the mesenchyme, formed by free cells budded off from the germ-layers.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The archenteron gives off two lateral pounchs and thus becomes trilobed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
They form the walls of a new cavity, the enterocœl, which is to be regarded as a nipped-off diverticulum of the archenteron.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The space occupied by the yolk corresponds to the archenteron or primitive digestive cavity; and the opening at the end to the primitive mouth or blastopore.
From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John Mason Tyler
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