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hindgut

/hahynd-guht/US // ˈhaɪndˌgʌt //UK // (ˈhaɪndˌɡʌt) //

后肠,后肠道,后肠管,后肠动物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Zoology. the last portion of the vertebrate alimentary canal, between the cecum and the anus, involved mainly with water resorption and with the storage and elimination of food residue; the large intestine.the posterior colon of arthropods, composed of ectodermal, chitin-lined tissue.
    • : Embryology, Zoology. the posterior part of the embryonic alimentary canal from which the colon and rectum develop.

Examples

  • Figure 4M passes through the region where both the allantois and the Wolffian ducts open into the hindgut.

  • There is, however, not the slightest indication of a tail-fold, so that there is no inclosed hindgut at all.

  • No sign of a tail fold being present, there is, of course, no real hindgut.

  • The region of the hindgut, at this stage, is about one-fifth of the entire length of the embryo.

  • Its hind-end elongates till it comes into connection with, and opens into, the cloacal section of the hindgut.