foregut
foregut — noun
- foregutsingular
- foregutsplural
1. In a growing embryo, the upper section of the gut tube that later forms the thro
In a growing embryo, the upper section of the gut tube that later forms the throat, food pipe, stomach, and the first stretch of the intestine; it can also mean these same organs in a fully grown animal.
In the chick embryo, the foregut folds inward to form the early stomach and throat.
the foregut develops into [organs] pattern
Samir labelled the foregut on his diagram of the developing human digestive system.
During biology class, Ada drew how the foregut turns into the food pipe and stomach.
The textbook explained that the foregut later becomes the body's upper gut region.
Niran compared the foregut of a fish with that of a frog under the microscope.
- hindgut
the rear division of the embryonic gut, which forms the lower intestine
用法筆記
Usually appears with 'the' and in embryology or comparative-anatomy writing; pairs with 'midgut' and 'hindgut', which name the middle and rear divisions of the same embryonic gut.