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Search Results for: oesophagus

Stomach

Stomach (Science: anatomy, gastroenterology) The most dilated portion of the digestive tube, situated between the oesophagus... Read More

Air bladder

Air bladder 1. (Science: anatomy) An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It... Read More

Siphon

siphon 1. A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a... Read More

Gizzard

Gizzard 1. (Science: anatomy, ornithology) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and... Read More

Stomodaeum

stomodaeum 1. (Science: anatomy) A part of the alimentary canal. See mesenteron. 2. (Science: zoology) The primitive mouth... Read More

Stratified ciliated columnar epithelium

Stratified ciliated columnar epithelium An epithelium consisting of several layers of cells with the deeper cells being... Read More