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blastopore
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blastopore /blas·to·pore/ (blas´to-por) the opening of the archenteron to the exterior of the embryo at the gastrula stage.
blas·to·pore (blst-pôr)
n.
The opening into the archenteron formed by the invagination of the blastula to form a gastrula.
blasto·poric, blasto·poral (-pôrl) adj.
blastopore
[blas′təpôr]
Etymology: Gk, blastos + poros, opening
(in embryology) the opening into the archenteron made by invagination of the blastula.
blastopore [blas´to-por]
the opening of the archenteron to the exterior of the embryo at the gastrula stage.
blastopore
the opening of the archenteron to the exterior of the embryo at the gastrula stage. Called also archistome, anus of Rusconi.
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