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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
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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At 20-30 [micro]M (Figures 4 and 6), the larvae remained motile, retained the blastopore and the lower part of archenteron and generally survived through the next 1-2 days; they did not lose their extralarval caps (category III).
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Stage 2: gastrulation, cellular organization, and differentiation are evident; first embryonic membrane is ruptured as the embryo becomes asymmetrical; blastopore can be discerned
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