Anus
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Anus
Anal cancer is a type of cancer which arises from the anus, the distal orifice of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a distinct entity from the more common colorectal cancer.
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.
anus
The terminal opening of the gut; the solid residues of digestion are eliminated through the anus.
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.
Anus
[edit] Accessory organs
Accessory organs to the alimentary canal include the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. The liver secretes bile into the small intestine via the biliary system, employing the gallbladder as a reservoir.
pertaining to the anus
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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Syphilis sores occur mainly on the genitals, vagina, anus, or in the rectum, as well as on the lips and inside the mouth. Infected, pregnant women can pass it to their unborn child.
of the anus; they here split up into about six branches which pierce the muscular coat and descend between it and the mucous membrane in a longitudinal direction, parallel with each other as far as the Sphincter ani internus, ...
The food enters at the mouth, is processed and absorbed, and the remains are eliminated via an anus...a much more efficient system. When your child or dog has "worms" they are usually nematodes (although they could be tapeworms).
Most species of flatworms have no anus and a cavity with only one opening. While not all species do, many flatworm species use a mouth to eat.
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.
Anal: Relating to or near the anus, or the posterior opening of the alimentary canal (Abercrombie et al., 1973).
Androdieocious: Reproductive strategy in which individuals are either strictly males or hermaphrodites.
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.
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.
A digestive tube that runs between a mouth and an anus; also called alimentary canal. An incomplete digestive tract has only one opening.
complete flower
A flower that has sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels.
Nematodes are roundworms and have both a mouth and anus. Some nematodes are parasitic, but most are free-living and found in soil and aquatic habitats. VERY WIGGLY! ...
feces - bodily waste passed through the anus
fecundity - productiveness, usually characterized by enumerating the number of offspring one average female can produce ...
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.
[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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