Uberon definition : Anterior part of the embryonic digestive tract that develops into a mouth. The stomodeum
includes as parts an invagination of the ectoderm and the stomodeal cavity.;
Uberon related term : mouth pit; oral ectoderm; oral pit;
Uberon broad term : stomodeal-hypophyseal primordium;
Uberon Taxon note : This class groups together disparate structures as all being the anterior part of
the early metazoan digestive tract and precursor of the mouth. However, the developmental
processes vary, so this class may be split in future. E.g. in mammals it is a rostral
depression surrounded by prominences. Outgrowth of the prominences produces a stomodeal
cavity.;
Anterior part of the embryonic digestive tract that develops into a mouth. The stomodeum
includes as parts an invagination of the ectoderm and the stomodeal cavity.