coelemic cavity lumenImported
The cavity within the body of all animals higher than the coelenterates and certain primitive worms, formed by the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm into two layers. In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities.
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coelomic cavity lumen
coelomic cavity
main body cavity
space of body compartment
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celom
coelom
coelome
hemocoel
Narrow Synonyms
ventral body cavity
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body cavity
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editor note
check the FMA placement here; ncit placement of body cavity here probably not correct
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- Anatomical space, part of the trunk that contains the pericardial and pleuroperitoneal cavities[ZFA].
- The cavity within the body of all animals higher than the coelenterates and certain primitive worms, formed by the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm into two layers. In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities[BTO].
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In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities
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