Meaning archenteron
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archenteron


(ark-en-ter-on) [Gk. arch, first, or main + enteron, gut] The endoderm-lined cavity, formed during the gastrulation process, that develops into the digestive tract of an animal.
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archenteron


The main cavity of an embryo in the gastrula stage; it is lined with endoderm and represents the future digestive cavity. archinephric
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archenteron


(n) central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
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archenteron


<biology> The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. Origin: Pref. Arch- + Gr. Intestine. (01 Mar 1998)
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archenteron


cavity formed during gastrulation by invagination of the vegetal plate cells (in sea urchin) or involution of cells at the blastoporal lip (in amphibians); it will become the interior of the primitive [..]
Source: groups.molbiosci.northwestern.edu





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