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endostyle

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[en-duh-stahyl] / ˈɛn dəˌstaɪl /

noun

Anatomy.

  1. a ciliated groove or pair of grooves in the pharynx of various lower chordates, as tunicates, cephalochordates, and larval cyclostomes, serving to accumulate food particles and pass them along the digestive tract.

Etymology

Origin of endostyle

1850–55; endo- + -style 1; so called because the groove is said to resemble a hollow rod from certain viewing angles

Example Sentences

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As in amphioxus, the pharynx of Saccoglossus is heavily ciliated44, 45, and cells of the pharyngeal walls in hemichordates and the ventral endostyle in amphioxus secrete abundant mucins and glycoproteins46.

From Nature • Nov. 17, 2015

The thyroid is, in fact, in this stage in a condition corresponding exactly with the endostyle of Amphioxus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

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