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ventriculus
[ ven-trik-yuh-luhs ]
noun
- the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
ventriculus
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noun
- zoology
- the midgut of an insect, where digestion takes place
- the gizzard of a bird
- another word for ventricle
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ventriculus1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ventriculus1
Example Sentences
One lives in the soil and the other, first identified in 1844, is called Sarcina ventriculi and was known to cause gastrointestinal symptoms in humans and animals like those the Tacugama chimps suffered.
By appearance, the microbe seemed to be Sarcina ventriculi, which looks a bit like a four-leaf clover and is ubiquitous in water and soil around the world.
The researchers then sequenced the genome from the bacteria in the sample, finding it most closely matched that of S. ventriculi.
One about the pharinx, where the Å“sophagus opens into the mouth, and the other about the cardia ventriculi, where it opens into the stomach.
Sir Astley Cooper mentioned a case of hernia ventriculi from external violence, wherein the diaphragm was lacerated without any fracture of the ribs.
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