mesenteron

[ mes-en-tuh-ron, mez- ]

noun

, plural mes·en·ter·a [mes-, en, -ter-, uh, mez-].

1. midgut.

mesenteron

/ mɛsˈɛntəˌrɒn /

noun

1. a former name for midgut

Derived Forms

• mesˌenterˈonic, adjective

Other Words From

• mes·enter·onic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mesenteron¹

First recorded in 1875–80; mes- + enteron

Example Sentences

On the whole it seems likely that the endoderm is represented in part by the yolk, and in part by those anterior and posterior rudiments which usually form the mesenteron, but that in some Hexapoda the whole digestive tract may be ectodermal.

From Project Gutenberg

The hypoblast is formed either by a definite invagination or by the immigration of isolated cells, known as vitellophags, which wander through the yolk and later become associated into a definite mesenteron, or by some combination of these two methods.

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Hence the development of Peripatus capensis suggests the conclusion, if we strictly apply the layer-theory, that a considerable portion of the true mesenteron is lined by ectoderm, and is not homologous with the corresponding portion of the mesenteron of other animals—a conclusion which will on all hands be admitted to be absurd.

From Project Gutenberg

It appears that the Malpighian tubes of Scorpio are developed from the mesenteron, viz. that portion of the gut which is formed by the hypoblast, whereas in Hexapod insects the similar caecal tubes are developed from the proctodaeum or in-pushed portion of the gut which is formed from epiblast.

From Project Gutenberg

They have appeared independently in connexion with a change in the excretion of nitrogenous waste in Arachnids, Crustacea, and the other classes of Arthropoda when aerial, as opposed to aquatic, respiration has been established—and they have been formed in some cases from the mesenteron, in other cases from the proctodaeum.

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