the cavity of a blastula, arising in the course of cleavage
Also: blastocoele. Also called: segmentation cavity
Derived forms
blastocoelic
adjective
Word origin
[1875–80; blasto- + -coel]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, cross-fertilization, fan-tan, hat trick, pressure pointblasto- is a combining form meaning “bud, sprout,” “embryo,” “formative cells or cell layer,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix blasto- include: blastodisk, blastogenesis, blastomere, blastopore, blastospore
Examples of 'blastocoel' in a sentence
blastocoel
In this case the blastocoel simply acts as a static boundary.
Pawel Krupinski, Vijay Chickarmane, Carsten Peterson 2011, 'Simulating the mammalian blastocyst--molecular and mechanical interactions patternthe embryo.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3088645?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It faces the blastocoel cavity and later gives rise to the extraembryonic parietal and visceral endoderm.
Gail Doughton, Jun Wei, Nicolas Tapon, Melanie J. Welham, Andrew D. Chalmers 2014, 'Formation of a Polarised Primitive Endoderm Layer in Embryoid Bodies Requires Fgfr/ErkSignalling', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0095434. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)