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sto·mo·de·um

also sto·mo·dae·um  (stō′mə-dē′əm)
n. pl. sto·mo·de·a also sto·mo·dae·a (-dē′ə)
The anterior or oral portion of the digestive tract of an embryo.
[New Latin : Greek stoma, mouth + Greek hodaios, on the way (from hodos, road).]
sto′mo·de′al (-dē′əl) adj.
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sto•mo•de•um

(ˌstoʊ məˈdi əm, ˌstɒm ə-)

n., pl. -de•a (-ˈdi ə)
a depression in the ectoderm of the oral region of a young embryo, which develops into the mouth and oral cavity.
[1875–80; < New Latin < Greek stóm(a) stoma + hodaîon on the way]
sto`mo•de′al, adj.
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The human parotid gland (PG) is developed from an ectodermal proliferation of the stomodeum during the sixth week of prenatal development (Moore & Persaud, 2002).
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Other visible structures are the stomodeum and the labrum, located in the central portion of the naupliar embryo.
Embryonic Development in the Peppermint Shrimp, Lysmata boggessi (Caridea: Lysmatidae)
The pharyngeal gut is separated from the stomodeum by the buccopharyngeal membrane.
Development of Small and Large Intestine
During the larval stages, at the junction of the stomodeum with mesodeum, two pairs of caeca are present--an anterior pair formed by a simple tubule and a lateral pair with three lobes (Fig.
Digestive physiology of three species of decapod crustaceans of Argentina
Neuroendocrine tumors would not be expected to occur in tissue derived from the primitive stomodeum.
Atypical carcinoid (moderately differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma) of the uvula
Taxonomic value of the cuticular structures of the stomodeum in Acridomorpha.
The genus Aleuas Stal 1878 (Acrididae, Copiocerinae, Aleuasini)
These beetles have a typical digestive system divided into three regions: stomodeum, mesenteron and proctodeum.
Anatomia comparada del tracto digestivo en imagos del complejo picudo (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) asociados al cultivo del platano. (Seccion Morfologia, Comportamiento, Ecologia, Evolucion y Sistematica
The adenohypophysis, or anterior pituitary, is derived from an evagination of oral ectoderm of the dorsal median region of the stomodeum. The neurohypophysis, or posterior pituitary, is derived from an evagination of the infundibular portion of the diencephalon of the brain.
Pituitary Mass in a 48-Year-Old Woman
Ctenophores display features of bilateral symmetry around the oral-aboral axis: the flattened stomodeum defines the sagittal plane, and an orthogonal tentacular plane passes through the two tentacle pouches.
Functional consequences of the asymmetric architecture of the ctenophore statocyst
The stomodeum appeared at stage 13 and the prototrochal girdle with its cilia were completely formed during stage 14 (Fig.
Embryonic and larval development of haliotis tuberculata coccinea reeve: an indexed micro-photographic sequence

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