Preferred Name |
pyloric stomach |
Definitions |
The mouth of a starfish is located on the underside of the body, and opens through a short esophagus into firstly a cardiac stomach, and then, a second, pyloric stomach. Each arm also contains two pyloric caeca, long hollow tubes branching outwards from the pyloric stomach. Each pyloric caecum is lined by a series of digestive glands, which secrete digestive enzymes and absorb nutrients from the food. A short intestine runs from the upper surface of the pyloric stomach to open at an anus in the center of the upper body. |
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008246 |
database_cross_reference |
BTO:0002121 |
definition |
The mouth of a starfish is located on the underside of the body, and opens through a short esophagus into firstly a cardiac stomach, and then, a second, pyloric stomach. Each arm also contains two pyloric caeca, long hollow tubes branching outwards from the pyloric stomach. Each pyloric caecum is lined by a series of digestive glands, which secrete digestive enzymes and absorb nutrients from the food. A short intestine runs from the upper surface of the pyloric stomach to open at an anus in the center of the upper body. |
imported from | |
inSubset |
http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#organ_slim |
label |
pyloric stomach |
prefixIRI |
UBERON:0008246 |
prefLabel |
pyloric stomach |
subClassOf |