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What is a foregut?

What is a foregut? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, from the mouth to the duodenum
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Hence when the stomach develops from the foregut, as a specialized segment of the same, it is supplied by vagus branches.
As long as food is present in the foregut, the threshold is raised by signals from distension receptors in that area.
The foregut as defined here should be composed of ingesta and fish-derived material including digestive enzymes.
The rumen, reticulum and omasum can be compared to a kind of foregut fermentation chamber.
Then, to turn that foregut into stomach tissue, they worked out you need to add a dash of retinoic acid.
The commencing heart, formed at this stage of two distinct tubes, is attached to the ventral side of the foregut.

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