Celom (Noun)
Meaning
A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The formation of the coleom is a critical step in the early development of the embryo and the eventual formation of the body cavities.
- In embryonic development, the coleom is the precursor to the cavities surrounding the lungs, heart, and abdominal organs.
- The coleom begins to form as a single cavity in the mesoderm, which eventually divides into the pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal cavities.
- Failure to properly form the coleom can result in defects in the structure and function of these cavities and their contents.
- Researchers have been studying the process by which the coleom splits into its constituent parts in order to better understand developmental abnormalities.