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anal pit(medicine)
anal(dictionary)
anal(dictionary)
anal sac(medicine)
anal valves(medicine)
anal triangle(medicine)
supra-anal(medicine)
Anal atresia(health)
Anal cancer(health)

Dhar (sh) and anal pit (medicine)


Dhar (sh)




Town (pop., 2001 prelim.: 75,472), western Madhya Pradesh state, central India.

On the northern slopes of the Vindhya Range, it commands one of the gaps leading to the Narmada River valley. An ancient town, it was famous as the capital of the Rajputs (9th-14th centuries). It was conquered by the Muslims in the 14th century, was under Mughal dominion, and fell to the Marathas in 1730. Long a centre of culture and learning, its fine historic sites include the Pillar Mosque (1405), built out of the remains of Jaina temples.


anal pit (medicine)


anal pit -->
proctodeum


1. An ectodermally lined depression under the root of the tail, adjacent to the terminal part of the embryonic hindgut; at its bottom, proctodeal ectoderm and cloacal endoderm form the cloacal plate. When this epithelial plate ruptures, the anal and urogenital external orifices are established.

Synonym: anal pit.

2. Terminal portion of the insect alimentary canal, extending from the pylorus (area of malpighian tubule attachment) to the anal opening; in certain diptera (flies) and Other insects, the proctodeum is divided into a tubular anterior intestine and an enlarged posterior intestine, or rectum, ending at the anus.

Origin: L. Fr. G. Proktos, anus + hodaios, on the way, fr. Hodos, a way