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Esophagus

Anterior part of alimentary canal between pharynx or mouth and stomach or stomodeum.
(syn. oesophagus) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
(Taxon-specific: ) Relatively short and narrow anterior section of digestive tract. From mouth, esophagus curves forward, then upward and backward to more expanded midgut. May be highly elongated in certain predatory water fleas. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Relatively short, narrow section of digestive tract between mouth and midgut. Directed dorsally, then posteriorly. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Relatively short and narrow anterior section of digestive tract. From mouth, esophagus curves forward, then upward and backward to more expanded midgut. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Family Pycnogonidae) Relatively short section of digestive tract between mouth and midgut. Directed dorsally, then posteriorly. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Anterior section of digestive tract. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Short, relatively narrow section of digestive tract between mouth and stomach.
(syn. oesophagus) [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Relatively short section of digestive tract between mouth and stomach. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Relatively short, narrow, cuticle-lined section of digestive tract between mouth and cardiac stomach. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Relatively short, cuticle-lined section of digestive tract between mouth and stomach. Esophagus and stomach together form foregut. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Foregut. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Relatively short section of digestive tract between mouth and stomach. May be lined internally with posteriorly directed spines. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Class Secernentea) Short, cuticle-lined section of digestive tract between mouth and stomach. Esophagus and stomach form foregut. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Monhysterida) Section of digestive tract between mouth and midgut; partially contained within proboscis. (See also foregut). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Order Rhabditida) Muscular, cuticle-lined, and relatively narrow section of digestive tract between mouth and midgut. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Family Cyatholaimidae) Narrow section fo digestive tract between mouth and stomach; cuticle-lined, muscular, and basically corresponding to foregut. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Anterior section of foregut (stomodeum). From mouth, esophagus curves forward, then upward and backward. Surrounded laterally by posterior part of brain (tritocerebrum and esophageal connectives). May refer to entire foregut. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Narrow, muscular section of digestive tract between mouth and midgut. Cuticle-lined and occasionally armed with ridges or modified into gastric mill. (See also foregut). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
In anaspidacean, relatively short, narrow section of digestive tract between mouth and stomach. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Relatively short, slender section of digestive tract between mouth and stomach. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
Short section of digestive tract between mouth and stomach. [Stachowitsch, 1992]