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body cavity

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body cavity
n.
See coelom.

body cavity
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom


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The spider's simple heart--made up of a muscular tube with an opening on both sides--pumps bloodlike fluid into the body cavity.
That body cavity was surrounded by a thick layer of adipocere, a hard, grainy substance commonly known as grave wax.
Close the body cavity by tying the legs together with a clean string or tucking the ends of the drumsticks into the hook or metal clamps that come with many birds nowadays.
 
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