Hind-gut: the intestinal canal from the end of chylific ventricle to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Mid-gut: the chylific ventricle with the caecal glands, tubes or pouches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Gastro-ileal folds: occur in some insects at the junction of the chylific ventricle with the ileum and serve as a valve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Ileum: the small intestine; begins at end of chylific ventricle at the point where malpighian tubules join, and extends to colon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Mesenteron: the mid-gut, stomach or chylific ventricle: the middle portion of the primitive intestinal canal, lined with entoderm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Duodenum: the chylific ventricle; also applied to the first section of the digestive tract just behind entrance of malpighian tubules.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Peritrophic membrane: a funnel-like extension of the fore-gut, extending back tube-like, through the chylific ventricle in some insects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Coecum: a blind sac or tube: applied to a series of appendages opening into the alimentary canal at the junction of the gizzard and chylific ventricle: see caecum; the two are used interchangeably.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Oesophageal valve: a funnel-like folding of the oesophagus, extending into the chylific ventricle in some insects, and forming a valve that controls the entrance of food into that organ: = cardiac valvule.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Malpighian tubules: long, slender tubules, varying in number, serving as excretory organs, entering the alimentary canal at the point of junction of chylific ventricle and ileum: said to be analogous with kidneys: = biliary vessels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

I am, however, convinced: it is the stomach, the chylific ventricle, that supplies the chalk.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference

We find in both the same very short oesophagus, the same chylific ventricle, empty in the perfect insect, distended in the larva with an abundant orange-coloured pulp; in both the same gall-bladders, four in number, connected with the rectum by one of their extremities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference