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Definition of Mesenteron

1. n. All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomodæum, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctodæum, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast.

Definition of Mesenteron

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Medical Definition of Mesenteron

1. All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomodum, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctodum, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast. Origin: NL. See Meso-, and Enteron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Mesenteron

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1. ... Report of the United States Entomological Commission by United States Entomological commission (1883)
"The stomach or mesenteron is at first a closed sac independent of the fore and hind divisions of the alimentary tract. It finally touches the opposing ends ..."

2. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"The differences between the Decapods and Isopods in the development of the mesenteron are not inconsiderable, but they are probably to be explained by the ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The mesenteron is also straight in Petromyzon and some of the sharks which lead an active carnivorous life, but the shortness is fully compensated for by an ..."

4. Vertebrate Embryology: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1893)
"The alimentary canal of the frog, like that of other Vertebrates, is developed in three lengths : (i) the mesenteron (Fig. (39, T), which is formed, ..."

5. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"Small yolk cells, derivatives of the fourth quartette, form the floor of the mesenteron. FIG. 89. Median horizontal section through embryo of same stage as ..."

6. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1895)
"We have not succeeded however in determining how this is done. When the bolus is complete it is rapidly carried into the mesenteron by a peristaltic ..."

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