segmentation cavity

noun

Embryology.

1. blastocoel.

segmentation cavity

noun

1. another name for blastocoel

Word History and Origins

Origin of segmentation cavity¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The cavity of the blastosphere, or segmentation cavity.

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In the course of a series of divisions the eight cells come to form a hollow sphere—the blastosphere—enclosing a cavity known as the cleavage or segmentation cavity.

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The central part of the blastosphere is called the segmentation cavity or blastocoel.

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The sharp angle by which the cells met at the centre has become rounded off, and has left a little space, the segmentation cavity, filled with fluid in the middle of the embryo.

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In the gastrula stage, the segmentation cavity in which the mesoblast is formed lies between the entoblast and ectoblast.

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