chylific
IPA: tʃɪɫˈɪfɪk
adjective
- That produces chyle
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Examples of "chylific" in Sentences
- Hind-gut: the intestinal canal from the end of chylific ventricle to the
- Mid-gut: the chylific ventricle with the caecal glands, tubes or pouches.
- Gastro-ileal folds: occur in some insects at the junction of the chylific ventricle with the ileum and serve as a valve.
- Ileum: the small intestine; begins at end of chylific ventricle at the point where malpighian tubules join, and extends to colon.
- Mesenteron: the mid-gut, stomach or chylific ventricle: the middle portion of the primitive intestinal canal, lined with entoderm.
- Duodenum: the chylific ventricle; also applied to the first section of the digestive tract just behind entrance of malpighian tubules.
- Caecal tubes or pouches: sac, or blind tube-like structures surrounding the chylific ventricle at its junction with the crop, and secreting a digestive ferment.
- Coecum: a blind sac or tube: applied to a series of appendages opening into the alimentary canal at the junction of the gizzard and chylific ventricle: see caecum; the two are used interchangeably.
- Gizzard: a pouch-like structure between the crop and chylific ventricle furnished with chitinous teeth or plates, in which the food is prepared for the digestive juices by grinding or merely sifting = cardia.
- Malpighian tubules: long, slender tubules, varying in number, serving as excretory organs, entering the alimentary canal at the point of junction of chylific ventricle and ileum: said to be analogous with kidneys: = biliary vessels.
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