The digestive system of gastropods has evolved to suit almost every kind of diet and feeding behavior. Gastropods (snails and slugs) as the largest taxonomic...
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torsion (gastropod) digestive system of gastropods proboscis#Gastropods radula odontophore hepatopancreas = digestive gland diverticulum (mollusc) style...
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Hepatopancreas (redirect from Digestive gland)
hepatopancreas. Crab duplex-specific nuclease Digestive system of gastropods Tomalley, the hepatopancreas of crustaceans, often used as food Daniel J. Jackson;...
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Digestion (redirect from Digestive System)
mucosal tissue of the small intestines is alkaline with a pH of about 8.5.[citation needed] Digestive system of gastropods Digestive system of humpback whales...
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also vary greatly. In many marine gastropods, there are separate sexes (male and female); most terrestrial gastropods however are hermaphrodites.[citation...
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of the mantle cavity. The digestive system is simple, and is reduced to less than 10% of the volume typical in gastropods. The radula is "weak", of the...
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The excretory system of gastropods removes nitrogenous waste and maintains the internal water balance of these creatures, commonly referred to as snails...
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Gastropoda (redirect from Diversity of gastropods)
reproductive adaptations of gastropods vary significantly from one clade or group to another, so stating many generalities for all gastropods is difficult. The...
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Dog anatomy (redirect from Digestive system of the dog)
ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6913956. PMID 31841527. Washington State University. "Digestive System of the Dog". Retrieved 31 May 2017. Fish, Frank E.; Sheehan, Maura J...
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the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (birds and other dinosaurs, crocodiles, alligators, pterosaurs), earthworms, some gastropods, some...
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Nematode (redirect from Digestive systems of nematodes)
flatworms, nematodes have a tubular digestive system, with openings at both ends. Like tardigrades, they have a reduced number of Hox genes, but their sister...
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Crop (anatomy) (category Gastropod anatomy)
foregut of insects. In a bird's digestive system, the crop is an expanded, muscular pouch near the gullet or throat. It is a part of the digestive tract...
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Mollusca (redirect from Reproductive system of mollusks)
circulatory systems are mainly open. The "generalized" mollusc's feeding system consists of a rasping "tongue", the radula, and a complex digestive system in which...
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Esophageal gland (category Digestive system)
pouch is a part of the digestive system of some gastropods. The esophageal gland or pouch is a common feature in so-called basal gastropod clades, including...
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Elysia chlorotica (category Gastropods described in 1870)
chloroplasts in the cells of the slug's digestive diverticula. Since the slug does not have a protective shell or any other means of protection, the green color obtained...
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Tusk shell (section Vascular system)
size of any mollusc (among whom, except for the bivalves, the presence of which is a defining characteristic). The remainder of the digestive system consists...
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Bivalvia (redirect from Digestive systems of bivalves)
hole into the shell and insert a digestive fluid before sucking out the liquified contents. Certain carnivorous gastropod snails such as whelks (Buccinidae)...
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Veliger (category Gastropod anatomy)
structure of the veliger includes a shell that surrounds the visceral organs of the larva (e.g., digestive tract, much of the nervous system, excretory...
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Invertebrate (section Nervous system)
Other gastropods develop external asymmetry, such as Glaucus atlanticus that develops asymmetrical cerata as they mature. The origin of gastropod asymmetry...
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Esophagus (redirect from Mucosal layer of the esophagus)
The esophagus is one of the upper parts of the digestive system. There are taste buds on its upper part. It begins at the back of the mouth, passing downward...
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Telescopium telescopium (category Gastropods of Asia)
in mass and level of ingested micro-plastics in the digestive organ, and inhaled in the respiratory system. The most common type of micro-plastic found...
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be hazardous and cause hypercalcemia and digestive issues. Calcium carbonate shares the typical properties of other carbonates. Notably it reacts with...
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Limpet (section Causes of structure degradation)
have a visceral twist to their nervous systems). The gonad of a limpet is located beneath its digestive system just above its foot. It swells and eventually...
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Black slug (category Gastropods described in 1758)
indicative of how these slugs can consume large quantities of fungi such as Armillaria mellea. Microbiota within black slug digestive systems produce these...
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Starfish (redirect from Circulatory systems of starfish)
circulatory or haemal system. The vessels form three rings: one around the mouth (the hyponeural haemal ring), another around the digestive system (the gastric...
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during development by rotation (see Development of the digestive system). The lateral positions of the digestive organs are on the same side in all vertebrates...
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Aforia abyssalis (category Gastropods described in 1987)
genus Aforia (Turridae) of the Pacific: species composition, systematics, and functional morphology of the digestive system. Veliger. 30(2): 105-126...
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Cerata (category Gastropod anatomy)
cells or nematocysts are passed unharmed through the digestive system to cnidosacs at the tips of the cerata. Here the nematocysts mature and are then...
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Sea cucumber (section Digestive system)
expelling it. The trees consist of a series of narrow tubules branching from a common duct, and lie on either side of the digestive tract. Gas exchange occurs...
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Sex organ (redirect from Organs of generation)
internal; their components are very diverse in form. The reproductive system of gastropods (slugs and snails) varies greatly from one group to another. Planaria...
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