archenteron

American  

[ahr-ken-tuh-ron] / ɑrˈkɛn təˌrɒn /

noun

Embryology.

plural

archentera

1. the primitive enteron or digestive cavity of a gastrula.

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archenteron British  

/ ɑːˈkɛntəˌrɒn, ˌɑːkənˈtɛrɪk /

noun

1. the cavity within an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity

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Other Word Forms

• archenteric adjective

Etymology

Origin of archenteron

1875–80; arch- ² + enteron ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

But our mid-intestine is still the greatly elongated archenteron of the gastrula.

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 Tyler, John Mason

The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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 Tyler, John Mason

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