cardiac stomach
Front portion of the stomach.
carpel
The female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of the stigma, style and ovary.
gastrolith Calcareous body in the wall of the cardiac stomach of crayfish and other Malacostraca, preceding the molt.
Gastropoda The class of molluscs characterized by torsion. A shell, when present, is usually coiled. Snails.
Only a small crack is needed to insert its cardiac stomach into the prey. Stomach enzymes begin digesting the bivalve as it is trying to close its shell. Partially digested food is then taken into the pyloric stomach for complete digestion.
 See also: Membrane, Invertebrates, Vision, Skin, Mesoderm
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