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Definition of Celom
1. Noun. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
Definition of Celom
1. Noun. (anatomy) The body cavity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Celom
1. coelom [n -LOMS or -LOMATA] - See also: coelom
Medical Definition of Celom
1. 1. The cavity between the splanchnic and somatic mesoderm in the embryo. Synonym: body cavity. Origin: G. Koiloma, a hollow (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Celom
Literary usage of Celom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gynecological pathology by Karl Abel (1901)
"called "celom," the walls of which gradually approach in the anterior median line
and ... This space in the embryonal body, called "celom," is intended to ..."
2. Obstetrics: A Practical Text-book for Students and Practitioners by Edwin Bradford Cragin, George Hope Ryder (1916)
"The new cavity now separating these two layers is the celom. ... The extra-embryonic
portion of the celom constitutes the large space separating the amnion ..."
3. A Text-book of Obstetrics by John Clarence Webster (1901)
"X nearly 550 diameters, a, Epithelial cells in two layers; b, early connective-tissue
core of cord. mesenteric vessels; extension of the celom or ..."
4. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"... causes the amnion to expand and ultimately to adhere to the inner surface of
the chorion, so that the extra-embryonic part of the celom is obliterated. ..."
5. Uterine and tubal gestation by Samuel Wyllis Bandler (1903)
"Schematic. (Kollmann.) The mesoderm is divided into a parietal and a visceral layer.
The celom, or space between these layers, is the future peritoneum. ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"Budge injected the extra-embryonal celom in early chick-embryos, and got patterns
of injection in the area vasculosa vaguely simulating lymphatics. ..."
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