ar·chen·ter·on (är-k n t -r n , -tr-n)n. The central cavity of the gastrula, which ultimately becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity. ar chen·teric (ärkn-tr k) adj. |
archenteron [ɑːˈkɛntəˌrɒn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the cavity within an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity
[from Greek arkhē beginning + enteron intestine]
archenteric [ˌɑːkənˈtɛrɪk] adj
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| Noun | 1. | archenteron - central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity gastrula - double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm blastopore - the opening into the archenteron |
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