Blastopore Definition

blăstə-pôr
noun
The opening into the gastrula cavity.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Blastopore

Noun

Singular:
blastopore
Plural:
blastopores

Origin of Blastopore

  • blasto– pore

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Blastopore Sentence Examples

  • Formation of archenteron and blastopore may, however, be deferred till a later stage (actinula or after).

  • The preconchylian invagination or shell-gland is formed in the embryo behind the velum, on the surface opposite the blastopore.

  • C, Diblastula of an Opisthobranch (Polycera) with elongated blastopore oi.

  • Then the large cells recommence the process of division and sink into the hollow of the sphere, leaving an elongated groove, the blastopore, on the surface.

  • The blastopore now closes along the middle part of its course, which coincides z s FIG.

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