body cavity
the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom
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Heaven help us the first time a would-be suicide bomber is caught with explosives hidden in a body cavity.
Then the waiter grabbed a plate and smashed it through the body cavity of the pig.
Perhaps with his—or her—body cavity filled with home-made explosives?
They are animals in which the real body cavity is lacking, the animal in its simplest form being little more than a bag.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterIn the Ord kangaroo rat, the bulk of the liver lies on the right side of the body cavity.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii | Henry W. Setzer
In both sexes the Mllerian duct has a wide opening near the anterior extremity of the body-cavity.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourThese open widely into the abdominal cavity, at about two-thirds of the distance from the anterior extremity of the body-cavity.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourHe finds that the segmental ducts develop first of all as simple involutions from the body-cavity.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
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