Term Name: stomodeum
Synonyms: mouth pit, mouth primordium, oral ectoderm, oral pit, primitive oral cavity, stomatodeum, stomodaeum, stomodeal-hypophyseal primordium
Definition: Anterior part of the embryonic digestive tract that develops into a mouth. The stomodeum includes as parts an invagination of the ectoderm and the stomodeal cavity.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0000930]

Relationships
develops into: Rathke's pouch
is part of: ectoderm future mouth
has parts: stomatodeum gland stomodeal ectoderm stomodeal lumen
is a type of: subdivision of tube