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Definition of Endostyle
1. n. A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.
Definition of Endostyle
1. Noun. (zoology) A longitudinal ciliated groove on the ventral wall of the pharynx which produces mucus to gather food particles, found in urochordates and cephalochordates and in the larvae of lampreys. ¹
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Definition of Endostyle
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Medical Definition of Endostyle
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Literary usage of Endostyle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Amphioxus and the Ancestry of the Vertebrates by Arthur Willey (1894)
"endostyle. ea Branchial artery with blood-clot, layers. ... Below the endostyle,
there is a well-defined portion of the true body-cavity in which the ..."
2. Outlines of Chordate Development by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"The endostyle is finally carried back into a median ventral position by the time of
... From the anterior end of the endostyle two narrow ciliated bands—the ..."
3. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1900)
"A vestige of it plays an important part in the later development of buds, changing
into the so-called endostyle- process or entoderm-process of the stolon ..."
4. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"The endostyle, the dorsal lamina and the six pairs of pharyngeal ridges ...
Between the end of the endostyle and the oesophagus is a fine inferior groove. ..."
5. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"Anteriorly the endostyle is continuous with a ciliated ridge which runs circularly
... The mucus secreted by the gland-cells of the endostyle forms viscid ..."
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