Hatschek's pit
Hatschek's pit noun: a deep ciliated fossa on the dorsal midline of the buccal cavity in lancelets.
Noun
Hatschek's pit (plural Hatschek's pits)
- A deep ciliated fossa on the dorsal midline of the buccal cavity in lancelets.
- If the preoral (Hatschek's) pit be regarded as a gland, it has been suggested by v. Wijhe that it is comparable to the neural gland of the Tunicata, and that the ciliated groove is comparable to the opening of that gland, the dorsal tubercle, the edges of which are frequently drawn out in a manner...1905, Adam Sedgwick, A Student's Text-book of Zoology, page 21
- […] that most authorities now accept the possibility that Hatschek's pit might be the homologue - in some ancestral form, the precursor - of Rathke's pouch, and so of the adenohypophysis.1974, R. L. Holmes, The Pituitary Gland: A Comparative Account, page 339
- Synonyms:
- Hatschek’s groove, preoral pit
Synonyms of Hatschek's pit
- Hatschek’s groove
- preoral pit
Forms of Hatschek's pit
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Origin of Hatschek's pit
Named for its discoverer, Berthold Hatschek (1854–1941).
Questions about Hatschek's pit
- What does Hatschek's pit mean?
- Hatschek's pit means a deep ciliated fossa on the dorsal midline of the buccal cavity in lancelets.
- What part of speech is Hatschek's pit?
- Hatschek's pit is a noun.
- What is the plural of Hatschek's pit?
- The plural of Hatschek's pit is Hatschek's pits.
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