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foregut /fore·gut/ (-gut) the endodermal canal of the embryo cephalic to the junction of the yolk stalk, giving rise to the pharynx, lung, esophagus, stomach, liver, and most of the small intestine.
fore·gut (fôrgt)
n.
The anterior part of the embryonic alimentary canal of a vertebrate from which the pharynx, lungs, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, and duodenum develop.

foregut
[fôr′gut]
Etymology: AS, fore, in front, guttas
the cephalic portion of the embryonic alimentary canal. It consists of endodermal tissue and gives rise to the pharynx, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, most of the small intestine, and respiratory ducts. Compare hindgut, midgut.

foregut [for´gut]
the endodermal canal of the embryo cephalic to the junction of the yolk stalk, giving rise to the pharynx, lung, esophagus, stomach, liver, and most of the small intestine.

foregut
the endodermal canal of the embryo cephalic to the junction of the yolk stalk, giving rise to the pharynx, lung, esophagus, stomach, liver and most of the small intestine.


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Foreguts that did not contain prey in any of the 12 categories were dropped from numerical analyses.
The existence of foreguts in animals other than mammals, he adds, is a notion some scientists find hard to swallow.
ij] = the number of points for prey item i in the foregut of the jth crab; A = the total points for all the crabs and all the prey items in all the foreguts examined; N = the number of crabs examined with food in the foregut; and [b.
 
 
 
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