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anus -- End of the digestive tract, or gut, through which waste products of digestion are excreted, as distinct from the mouth.
bipedal -- adj. Describes an animal that walks on two legs.
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The terminal opening of the gut; the solid residues of digestion are eliminated through the anus.
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anus The posterior opening of the digestive tract.
aorta The artery that carries blood from the left ventricle for distribution throughout the tissues of the body. The largest diameter and thickest walled artery in the body.
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pertaining to the anus
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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That is, their digestive system consists basically of a tube that runs from mouth to anus, contrasting with the incomplete digestive systems found in many simpler invertebrates.
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A one-way digestive tract running from mouth to anus.
A cavity between the digestive tract and the body wall. It develops from the blastocoel and is called a pseudocoel.
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The fruit of most species of Capsicum contains capsaicin (methyl vanillyl nonenamide), a lipophile chemical that can produce a strong burning sensation in the mouth (and, several hours later, anus) of the unaccustomed eater.
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Among the eumetazoan phyla, two are radially symmetric and have digestive chambers with a single opening, which serves as both the mouth and the anus.
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Visualization of the lining of the anus, rectum and colon through a rigid proctosigmoidoscope or a flexible fiber optic endoscope (types of viewing tubes). This procedure allows diagnosis of tumors and inflammatory diseases.
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deuterostomes Animals in which the anus forms from, or in the region of, the blastopore; often characterized by enterocoelous coelom formation, radial cleavage, and the presence of a dipleurulalike larval stage.
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Honeydew: The sugary liquid discharge from the anus of certain insects (Homoptera) such as aphids and scales.
Host: The organism in or on which a parasitoid lives; a plant on which an insect feeds.
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A digestive tube that runs between a mouth and an anus; also called alimentary canal. An incomplete digestive tract has only one opening.
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A flower that has sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels.
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protostomes - broad classification of organisms that tend to share certain embryological traits; among these the formation of the "mouth first" (hence the name) during gastrulation, before the future anus.
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[Gr. blastos - germ, bud, shoot; L. porus - a pore or passage]. The opening between the archenteron and outside of the embryo, formed by invagination during gastrulation. In some organisms, it becomes the anus.
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