Definition of blastocoel in US English:
blastocoel
(also blastocoele)
nounˈblastəˌsēlˈblastəˌsēl
The fluid-filled cavity of a blastula.
Also called segmentation cavity
Example sentencesExamples
- Involution occurs here, as cells divide and push other cells into the blastocoel from the top of the dorsal lip.
- The blastocoel appears bright grey, the animal cap darker-gray and the vegetal pole black.
- Inside this spherical mass of cells, a fluid-filled cavity - the blastocoel - develops in the animal region and the embryo is now called a blastula.
- These pouches eventually fill the blastocoel forming two new pouches, the coelom.
- The graduate student of the well-known professor had furthered the experiment with mice blastocoels.
Derivatives
adjectiveˌblastəˈsēlik
At blastula stage 8, cells forming the blastocoelic roof were cultured in isolation as explants.
Example sentencesExamples
- The blastocoelic cavity usually collapses during the early stages of implantation.
- An early blastocyst, containing a small amount of blastocoelic fluid, is shown to the right.