The cavity within the body of all animals higher than the coelenterates and certain primitive worms, formed by the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm into two layers. In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001707 ]
Synonyms: main body cavity coelomic cavity lumen coelomic cavity space of body compartment
Term information
- ZFA:0001438
- galen:BodyCavity
- EHDAA2:0000267
- FMA:85006
- AEO:0000186
- TAO:0001438
- NCIT:C25444
- SCTID:361348008
- BTO:0001707
- RETIRED_EHDAA2:0003186
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
EDITOR_NOTE check the FMA placement here; ncit placement of body cavity here probably not correct