coelom

6 letters in word "coelom": C E L M O O.

No anagrams for coelom found in this word list.

Words found within coelom:

cel celom clem col cole come coo cool coom eco el elm em lo loco lome loo loom me mel mo moc moe mol mole moo mool oe ole oleo olm om oo oom

• Definitions:
• body cavity.
• (coe·lom) (se´lom) [Gr. koil?ma] the body cavity. In the higher invertebrates, persists throughout life (cf. Eucoelomata). In the mammalian embryo, it is situated between the somatopleure and the splanchnopleure; it is both extraembryonic and intraembryonic. ...
• (se´lom) The abdominal cavity.
• Fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal; usually refers to a cavity lined with specialized tissue peritoneum in which the gut is suspended. The structure and development of the coelom is an important character for recognizing major groups of animals.
• The body cavity of an animal, such as a vertebrate or insect, which is completely lined with mesodermal cells.
• This is a cavity that occurs in higher animals between the intestine and the outer body wall. In the last few days before hatching, chicks draw the remaining yolk into this cavity. This allows them to survive their first few days of life without food.
• celom: a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

• coeliacs ←
• coeliac ←
• coelenteron ←
• coelom
• → coelomata
• → coelomate
• → coelomates