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hindgut noun[ Cusually singular ] anatomy specialized(alsohind-gut)uk /ˈhaɪnd.ɡʌt/ us /ˈhaɪnd.ɡʌt/ the last part of the digestive system of humans and animals, including the colon and rectum, or a similar part of the digestive system of insects: Cows and other ruminants ferment plant food in the hindgut. Fructan cannot be digested in the small intestine, so passes through straight to the hind-gut. Only 10% of carcinoid tumours of the hindgut are symptomatic. The larva gut was principally composed of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut. It is typically a parasite of the midgut rather than the hindgut region of mice. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases The digestive system brush border caecal cardia chyme coeliac digestive tract intestine intraluminal jejunal jejunum lacteal large intestine mechanical digestion rectum small intestine unassimilable ureteral vermiform appendix vermiform process villous
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