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Definition of Hindgut

Hindgut
Hindgut Hind"gut`, n. [Hind, a. + gut.] (Anat.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.

Meaning of Hindgut from wikipedia

- The hindgut (or epigaster) is the posterior (caudal) part of the alimentary canal. In mammals, it includes the distal one third of the transverse colon...
- Hindgut fermentation is a digestive process seen in monogastric herbivores (animals with a simple, single-chambered stomach). Cellulose is digested with...
- Neoisopterans and all other Euisoptera have flagellates and prokaryotes in their hindguts. Extant families and subfamilies are organized as follows: Basal Neoisoptera...
- canal from the end of the foregut at the opening of the bile duct to the hindgut, about two-thirds of the way through the transverse colon. During development...
- membrane to the cloacal membrane and is divided into the foregut, midgut, and hindgut. At the end of the third w****, the neural tube, which is a fold of one...
- rumination, as opposed to other atlantogenates that rely on the more typical hindgut fermentation, though this is not entirely certain. Taxonomically, the suborder...
- lower third of the anal canal. Developmentally, this line represents the hindgut-proctodeum junction. It is an important anatomical landmark in humans,...
- herbivores which can digest cellulose nearly as well as ruminants are called hindgut fermenters, while ruminants are called foregut fermenters. These are subdivided...
- gallbladder). The tract may also be divided into foregut, midgut, and hindgut, reflecting the embryological origin of each segment. The whole human GI...
- waste out of the blood in the hemocoel, and dumps these materials into the hindgut, from which they are expelled as ****. Most aquatic arthropods and some...