a internal body cavity of animals which is completely surrounded by mesoderm. Present in most protostomes and deuterostomes (cf. pseucocoelom)
The main body cavity of metazoans, enclosing most major organs. (pronounced see-lom).
Body cavity or space between the body wall and the digestive tract.
In animals, a body cavity between the body wall and the digestive system that forms during preadult development.
single body cavity, forms pleural, pericardial and peritoneal.
The cavity between the body wall and the food (alimentary) canal.
SEE-loam A central body cavity in an animal. 511
The main body cavity, which is lined with mesoderm, and found in annelids, molluscs, arthropods, echinoderms, and chordates.
Gr. koilomatos - a hollow]. A body cavity lined by mesoderm. It is usually formed through either enterocoelic pouching (in Deuterostomes) or by schizocoely (in Protostomes).
fluid-filled cavity found in many different types of animals; usually contains main body organs
The ventral body cavity, lined by a serous membrane and subdivided during fetal development into the pleural, pericardial, and abdominopelvic (peritoneal) cavities.
A central body cavity, found in animals, that is lined with cells of mesodermal origin.
any fluid-filled cavity formed within the mesodermal tissues, usually functioning as a hydrostatic skeleton and for storage of gametes and excretory wastes.
