(blass´ toe seal) [Br. blastos: sprout + koilos: hollow] • The central, hollow cavity of a blastula.
The fluid-filled cavity within the blastula.
the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
The central cavity of the blastula stage of vertebrate embryos.
The fluid-filled cavity at the center of a blastula.
The cavity in the blastula of the developing embryo.
Gr. blastos - germ, bud, shoot; koilos - hollow]. The large fluid-filled cavity of the blastula formed by cleavage of the zygote. It may eventually be replaced by the growing archenteron.