- gastric groove
- a groove or canal through the reticulum, omasum, and abomasum of a ruminant, analogous to the gastric canal of humans. It is subdivided into the reticular, omasal, and abomasal grooves.
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gastric groove
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gastric groove — See: stomatopod integumental ornamentation [McLaughlin, 1980]. Longitudinal furrow on either side of median carina on stomatopod carapace [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. (Order Stomatopoda): Longitudinal groove in carapace, one on each side of… … Crustacea glossary
groove — See: carapace groove [Martin, 2005]. (Order Decapoda): One of numerous furrows extending along carapace. According to position and according to group, one may distinguish antennal, branchiocardiac, buccal, cervical, dorsomedian, gastroorbital,… … Crustacea glossary
gastric tooth — See: carapace tooth (b) [Martin, 2005]. (Order Decapoda): See: carapace teeth (b) [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Decapoda): On midline of carapace, tooth like projection on gastric region just anterior to cervical groove [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
gastric region — See: carapace region f [Martin, 2005]. Large median area, in crab carapace, bounded behind by cervical suture, laterally by hepatic regions, and anteriorly by frontoorbital regions. Divisible into following subregions or lobes: epigastric,… … Crustacea glossary
gastric region — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Decapoda, the median part anterior to the cervical groove and posterior to the frontal region … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
gastric tooth — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Decapoda, a tooth on the midline of the carapace anterior to the cervical groove … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cervical groove — See: carapace groove (c) [Martin, 2005]. A groove or series of grooves sometimes present on the carapace; it is mesially transverse, laterally oblique, and separates the gatric and hepatic regions from the cardiac and branchial regions [Chace and … Crustacea glossary
abomasal groove — the part of the gastric groove of a ruminant that is located in the abomasum … Medical dictionary
omasal groove — the part of the gastric groove of a ruminant that is located in the omentum … Medical dictionary
reticular groove — the part of the gastric groove of a ruminant that is located in the reticulum … Medical dictionary
