Endostyle Definition

Endostyle Sentence Examples

• As food particles pass in through the mouth they become enveloped in a slimy substance (secreted by the endostyle) and conveyed down the gut by the action of the vibratile cilia as a continuous food-rope, the peristaltic movements of the gut-wall being very feeble.

• The ventral branchial vessel lies below the hypobranchial groove or endostyle, and is the representative of a heart.

• One point must not be omitted, namely, the homogeny of the endostyle of Amphioxus and the thyroid gland of Craniata.