Alimentary-canal Synonyms

ăl'ə-mĕn'tə-rē

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Synonyms for Alimentary-canal

digestive tube
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
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gastrointestinal-tract
The digestive tract
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alimentary tract
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
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gi-tract
Gastrointestinal tract
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digestive-tract
System of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.
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  • A considerable part of the alimentary canal is said to be derived from the ectoderm in the buds of both Cephalodiscus and Rhabdopleura.

  • It is probable that the parasite is then transferred to the alimentary canal of man by means of drinking-water, and thence makes its way to the subcutaneous connective tissue.

  • The adult worm, which is of extremely minute size, the male being only Fi l sth and the female s of an inch in length inhabits the alimentary canal of man and many other carnivorous mammalia; the young bore their way into the tissues and become encysted in the muscles - within the muscle-bundles according to Leuckart, but in the connective tissue between them according to Chatin and others.

  • Insects, indeed, are largely concerned in disseminating Fungi, either on their bodies or via the alimentary canal.

  • The Oligochaeta are the only Chaetopods in which undoubted nephridia may possess a relationship with the alimentary canal.

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