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Blastopore

The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron.

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Opening 76% connected

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Orifice 76% connected

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

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Porta 76% connected

The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.

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Archenteron 70% connected

The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.

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