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haemocoel

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/ ˈhiːməˌsiːl /

noun

  1. the body cavity of many invertebrates, including arthropods and molluscs, developed from part of the blood system

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of haemocoel

C19: from haemo- + New Latin coel, from Greek koilos hollow

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We propose that this can happen from the haemocoel, that is, the basolateral membrane, or the midgut lumen, that is, the apical membrane.

From Nature Apr. 4, 2014

It is therefore a haemocoel, the coelom of the developed insect being represented only by the cavities of the genital glands and their ducts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Carry the process but a little farther and the coelom disappears and its place is taken by a blood space or haemocoel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

It has been held that the condition shown in certain leeches tend to prove that the coelom and haemocoel are primitively one series of spaces which have been gradually differentiated.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

The dorsal vessel is prolonged anteriorly into an aorta, through which the blood is propelled into the great body-cavity or haemocoel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

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