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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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As long as food is present in the foregut, the threshold is raised by signals from distension receptors in that area.
From the mouth, the esophagus leads to the foregut and then intestine, where digestion and absorption occur.
The commencing heart, formed at this stage of two distinct tubes, is attached to the ventral side of the foregut.
During its life cycle, Y. pestis colonizes the flea midgut and can form a biofilm in the proventricular valve in the foregut.
Then, to turn that foregut into stomach tissue, they worked out you need to add a dash of retinoic acid.
The foregut as defined here should be composed of ingesta and fish-derived material including digestive enzymes.

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