mesenteron

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The lining of the mesenteron, or hypoblast From the epiblast the epidermis (not the dermis), the nervous system (including the nerves), and the sensory part of all sense organs are derived.

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  1. noun See midgut.

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  • The lining of the mesenteron, or hypoblast From the epiblast the epidermis (not the dermis), the nervous system (including the nerves), and the sensory part of all sense organs are derived. —  Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
  • The lining of the mesenteron, or hypoblast. —  Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
  • entirely) obliterate the segmentation cavity-- they certainly do so throughout the body; and their cavities are in time cut off from the mesenteron, by the gradual constriction of their openings. —  Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
  • They finally appear to (? entirely) obliterate the segmentation cavity -- they certainly do so throughout the body; and their cavities are in time cut off from the mesenteron, by the gradual constriction of their openings. —  Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
 

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  1. New Latin, from Greek μεσέντερον, from μέσος, middle, + ἔντερον, intestine.
 

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