Definitions
Hepatic cecum
- Pouchlike diverticulum generally connected with mesenteron, with liver function; also see hepatopancreas. [McLaughlin, 1980]
- (Taxon-specific: ) Digestive cecum. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- One of up to four pairs of relatively short, lateral digestive ceca opening into digestive tract at stomach/midgut border.
(syn. digestive caecum) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - One of typically two large digestive glands occupying greater part of cephalothorax, each opening into junction of pyloric stomach and intestine. (paired, unpaired).
(syn. hepatopancreas, digestive gland) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - Midgut cecum. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Rhabditida) Digestive cecum. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- Hepatic gland. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
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Crustacea Glossary. Crustacea Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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