neurenteric, a. Anat.
(njʊərɛnˈtɛrɪk)
[f. neur- + enteric.]
Connected with the nervous and intestinal systems. neurenteric canal, A prolongation of the neural canal behind the notochord into the archenteron in some vertebrate embryos.
| 1884 Hyatt in Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. XXIII. 119 The presence of a fore neurenteric canal may be assumed. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 335 A post-anal section of the archenteron in Vertebrata which communicates by a neur-enteric canal with the neural tube. |