Term Name: | stomodeum |
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Synonyms: | mouth pit, mouth primordium, oral ectoderm, oral pit, primitive oral cavity, stomatodeum, stomodaeum, stomodeal-hypophyseal primordium |
Definition: | Anterior part of the embryonic digestive tract that develops into a mouth. The stomodeum includes as parts an invagination of the ectoderm and the stomodeal cavity. |
Ontology: | Cell Ontology [UBERON:0000930] |