单词 | bodily cavity |
释义 | bodily cavity (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY bodily cavity n (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body Syn|Hypo|Hyper cavity, cavum blastocele, blastocoel, blastocoele, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula archenteroncentral cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity sinusany of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull locule, loculusa small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal lumena cavity or passage in a tubular organ socketa bony hollow into which a structure fits pulp cavitythe central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal) cranial orbit, eye socket, orbit, orbital cavitythe bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball buccal cavitythe cavity between the jaws and the cheeks antruma natural cavity or hollow in a bone cloaca(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 vestibuleany of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) mediastinumthe part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanumthe main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear pleural cavitythe cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart chamberan enclosed volume in the body cranial cavity, intracranial cavitythe cavity enclosed by the cranium amniotic cavitythe fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo greater peritoneal sac, peritoneal cavitythe interior of the peritoneum; a potential space between layers of the peritoneum bursa omentalis, lesser peritoneal cavity, omental bursaan isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach pericardial cavity, pericardial spacethe space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement vacuolea tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell ventricleone of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid saca structure resembling a bag in an animal uterine cavitythe space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes nasal cavityeither 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 nasopharynxcavity forming the upper part of the pharynx oropharynxcavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth laryngopharynxthe lower part of the pharynx blind gut, caecum, cecumthe cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens tubular cavitya cavity having the shape of a tube armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossathe hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder chest cavity, thoracic cavitythe cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart abdomen, abdominal cavitythe cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm pelvis, renal pelvisa structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter pelvic cavitythe space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and containing the pelvic viscera celom, celoma, coeloma cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity fossa, pita concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) yolk sacmembranous structure enclosing the yolk of eggs in birds, reptiles, marsupials, and some fishes; circulates nutrients to the developing embryo umbilical vesicle, vesicula umbilicus, vitelline sac, yolk sacmembranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes functional amnion, amnios, amniotic sacthin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) chorionthe outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) coelenteronthe saclike body cavity of a coelenterate air bladder, float, swim bladderan air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy air sacany of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds air sacany of the thin-walled extensions of the tracheae of insects ethmoid sinus, ethmoidal sinus, sinus ethmoidalesa sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose) frontal sinusone of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone maxillary sinusone of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla nasal sinus, paranasal sinus, sinus paranasalesany of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavities glenoid cavity, glenoid fossathe concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint glenoid fossa, mandibular fossaa deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible hip socketthe socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone alveolus, tooth socketa bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth vestibule of the earthe central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear saccule, sacculusa small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) heart ventricle, ventriclea chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries atriumany chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart) fourth ventriclean irregular ventricle between the third ventricle and the central canal of the spinal cord third ventriclea narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct lateral ventricleeither of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro epigastric fossa, pit of the stomacha slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) bladder, vesicaa distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) acinusone of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland bursaa small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints cistern, cisternaa sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid pocket, pouch(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) cyst, vesiclea small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) vestibule of the vaginathe space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra air cell, air sac, alveolusa tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways pharynx, throatthe passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone acetabulum, cotyloid cavitythe cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint pericardial sacthe membrane surrounding the heart anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
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