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What does gastrovascular mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gastrovascular? Here's what it means.

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  1. (anatomy) That has both a digestive and a circulatory function
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Food and solid wastes enter and leave through a common opening in the well-developed digestive tract, which consists of a mouth, pharynx, and gastrovascular cavity.
The archenteron becomes the gastrovascular system or coelenteron.
The mouth opens into a cavity, the coelenteron, or gastrovascular cavity, which is digestive and circulatory at the same time.
To accomplish the bioassay, proliferating interstitial cells are labeled with BrdU by injecting BrdU into the gastrovascular cavity of the animal.
This opens into the gastrovascular cavity, where digestion takes place and nutrients are absorbed.
It allows for the prolongation and inter-communication of gastrovascular cavities, the coelenterons.

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