Definitions for foregut

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foregut fore·gut

Spelling: [fawr-guht, fohr-]

IPA: /ˈfɔrˌgʌt, ˈfoʊr-/

Foregut is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in foregut (efgortu).

Definitions for foregut

noun

1. Zoology. the first portion of the vertebrate alimentary canal, extending from the pharynx and esophagus to the end of the stomach or gizzard and, in some animals, the anterior duodenum, functioning in the ingestion, temporary storage, and partial digestion of food. the first portion of the alimentary canal in arthropods and annelids, composed of ectodermal, chitin-lined tissue and usually comprising the pharynx, esophagus, crop, and gizzard.
2. Embryology. (in mammals) the upper part of the embryonic alimentary canal from which the pharynx, esophagus, lung, stomach, liver, pancreas, and part of the duodenum develop.

Origin of foregut

First recorded in 1885-90; fore- + gut

Examples for foregut

Cleveland et al. isolated a bacterial organism from the foregut of the wood-feeding cockroach Panesthia angustipennis.

Hence when the stomach develops from the foregut, as a specialized segment of the same, it is supplied by vagus branches.

The commencing heart (ht), formed at this stage of two distinct tubes, is attached to the ventral side of the foregut.