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coelemic cavity lumen
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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.

EDITOR_NOTE check the FMA placement here; ncit placement of body cavity here probably not correct

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Exact Synonyms
coelomic cavity lumen
coelomic cavity
main body cavity
space of body compartment
Related Synonyms
celom
coelom
coelome
hemocoel
Narrow Synonyms
ventral body cavity
Broad Synonyms
body cavity
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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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UBERON_0000169

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uberon

taxon_notes

In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities

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