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Definition of Blastocoel

1. Noun. The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula.

Definition of Blastocoel

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of blastocoele) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blastocoel

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Blastocoel

1. The cavity formed within the mass of cells of the blastula of many animals during the later stages of cleavage. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Blastocoel

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

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"... group of animals both modifications may occur (eg, in the Mollusca, the Crustacea, and Turbellaria). The embryonic body cavities known as blastocoel and ..."

2. Outlines of Chordate Development by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"As the animal cells push downward the internal yolk cells rise till the floor of the blastocoel becomes first flat, and then convexly arched; ..."

3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"In the midst of these a cavity, the segmentation cavity of von Baer, or blastocoel is formed. The hollow vesicle is called a ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1902)
"Sixteen-cell stage, optical section, showing blastocoel, ectoplasmic layer (£m) and polar body or yolk spherule between two of the cells. Fig. II. ..."

5. Verslagen en Mededeelingen by Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde (1886)
"Reeds zeer vroegtijdig is het blastocoel aanwezig. 4°. ... die, in het blastocoel liggende, den aanleg van het hypoblast vertegenwoordigen ..."

6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... which are budded into the blastocoel by the endoderm just before and during it» invagination, but the writer has reason to believe that this account of ..."

7. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"These arrange themselves in the form of a hollow sphere or " blastula," the cavity of which is called the " blastocoel" and afterwards becomes the primary ..."

8. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"... group of animals both modifications may occur (eg, in the Mollusca, the Crustacea, and Turbellaria). The embryonic body cavities known as blastocoel and ..."

9. Outlines of Chordate Development by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"As the animal cells push downward the internal yolk cells rise till the floor of the blastocoel becomes first flat, and then convexly arched; ..."

10. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"In the midst of these a cavity, the segmentation cavity of von Baer, or blastocoel is formed. The hollow vesicle is called a ..."

11. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1902)
"Sixteen-cell stage, optical section, showing blastocoel, ectoplasmic layer (£m) and polar body or yolk spherule between two of the cells. Fig. II. ..."

12. Verslagen en Mededeelingen by Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde (1886)
"Reeds zeer vroegtijdig is het blastocoel aanwezig. 4°. ... die, in het blastocoel liggende, den aanleg van het hypoblast vertegenwoordigen ..."

13. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... which are budded into the blastocoel by the endoderm just before and during it» invagination, but the writer has reason to believe that this account of ..."

14. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"These arrange themselves in the form of a hollow sphere or " blastula," the cavity of which is called the " blastocoel" and afterwards becomes the primary ..."

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