Definition of "neurenteric" [neu•ren•ter•ic]

• Of or relating to the neuron and the enteron. (adjective)

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• "As is shown in figure 3D, the neurenteric canal, _nc_, still opens ventrally, though the medullary canal, _mc_, has now no dorsal opening to the exterior."
• "The medullary canal continues for a short distance (about fifteen sections of five microns thickness) posterior to the opening of the neurenteric canal."
• "After the coalescence of the neural folds over the anterior end of the primitive streak, the blastopore no longer opens on the surface but into the closed canal of the neural tube, and thus a transitory communication, the neurenteric canal, is established between the neural tube and the primitive digestive tube."