cavum
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1. (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body (noun.body)
| hyponym | : | archenteron, |
| definition | : | central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sinus, |
| definition | : | any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | locule, loculus, |
| definition | : | a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | lumen, |
| definition | : | a cavity or passage in a tubular organ (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | socket, |
| definition | : | a bony hollow into which a structure fits (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pulp cavity, |
| definition | : | the central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | buccal cavity, |
| definition | : | the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | antrum, |
| definition | : | a natural cavity or hollow in a bone (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | cloaca, |
| definition | : | (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | vestibule, |
| definition | : | any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | mediastinum, |
| definition | : | the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pleural cavity, |
| definition | : | the cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | chamber, |
| definition | : | an enclosed volume in the body (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | amniotic cavity, |
| definition | : | the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pericardial cavity, pericardial space, |
| definition | : | the space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | vacuole, |
| definition | : | a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | ventricle, |
| definition | : | one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | sac, |
| definition | : | a structure resembling a bag in an animal (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | uterine cavity, |
| definition | : | the space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | nasal cavity, |
| definition | : | either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | nasopharynx, |
| definition | : | cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | oropharynx, |
| definition | : | cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | laryngopharynx, |
| definition | : | the lower part of the pharynx (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | blind gut, caecum, cecum, |
| definition | : | the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | tubular cavity, |
| definition | : | a cavity having the shape of a tube (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | chest cavity, thoracic cavity, |
| definition | : | the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | abdomen, abdominal cavity, |
| definition | : | the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pelvis, renal pelvis, |
| definition | : | a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pelvic cavity, |
| definition | : | the space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and containing the pelvic viscera (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | celom, celoma, coelom, |
| definition | : | a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | fossa, pit, |
| definition | : | a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) (noun.shape) |
| domain category | : | anatomy, general anatomy, |
| definition | : | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals (noun.cognition) |
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