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coelom
[ see-luhm ]
noun
- the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
coelom
/ -ləm; ˈsiːləʊm; sɪˈlɒmɪk /
noun
- the body cavity of many multicellular animals, situated in the mesoderm and containing the digestive tract and other visceral organs
coelom
/ sē′ləm /
- The body cavity that forms from the mesoderm during the embryonic development of more complex animals. The coelom suspends the gut in fluid in the middle of the body, protecting it from gravity and allowing great increases in body size. The presence or absence of a coelom is important for the classification of animal phyla.
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Derived Forms
- coelomic, adjective
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Other Words From
- coe·lom·ic [si-, lom, -ik, -, loh, -mik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coelom1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coelom1
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Example Sentences
The existence of two renal organs in Patella, and their relation to the pericardium (a portion of the coelom), is important.
Some of the endothelial cells lining the coelom are ciliated, the cilia keeping the corpusculated fluid contents in movement.
In Crania it is completely shut off from the main coelom, but in Lingula it communicates freely with this cavity.
When the mesoderm develops into two plates, a cavity, called the Primitive Coelom, appears between the plates.
There should also be only a single coelom, or a pair of lateral coelomic cavities.
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