Definition of Coelome

1. coelom [n -S] - See also: coelom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coelome

coeliac syndrome
coeliac trunk
coeliacs
coeliagra
coeligenous
coelioscopy
coeliotomies
coeliotomy
coelodont
coelodonts
coelogyne
coelom
coelomata
coelomate
coelomates
coelome (current term)
coelomes
coelomic
coelomic metaplasia
coelomocyte
coelomocytes
coeloms
coelophysis
coelostat
coelostats
coelurosaur
coelurosaurian
coelurosaurians
coelurosaurs

Literary usage of Coelome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"D. BODY WALL, coelome, MESENTERIES i. Structure of the body wall (see Holmes, chap, iv, pp. 73-80).—Remove the skin slowly from the trunk of the frog, ..."

2. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"The intestine is suspended by dorsal and ventral mesenteric bands which are fenestrated, and divide the coelome of the body into a right and left half. ..."

3. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"The testis is situated in the coelome and is attached to the coelomic wall ... It has no duct, but opens directly into the coelome by means of a narrow slit ..."

4. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"leading into the coelome. In Fishes and some Amphibians, the trunk and tail are produced in the middle dorsal line into a vertical fold or median fin, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"It is impossible to enter here into the whole discussion of the theories with respect to the primary origin of the coelome, but I would adhere to that ..."

6. Lessons in Elementary Biology by Thomas Jeffery Parker (1900)
"The eggs, when ripe, break loose from the surface of the ovary into the coelome, and thence pass, through the common aperture, into one or other of ..."

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