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

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

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

There is no open invagination of an archenteron in the fowl, as in the frog--, the gastrula, like the blastosphere, stage is also masked.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Kowalevsky, in 1871, showed that the body-cavity of Sagitta was formed by a division of the archenteron into three parallel cavities, and in 1874 demonstrated the same fact for the Brachiopoda.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

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.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell