Cavity

Of structure, anatomy and body.   May also be referred to as bodily cavity and cavum.

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body.

This concept's ID is @1~28988

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Peritoneal Cavity

  • peritoneal cavity 1 facts

    The interior of the peritoneum; a potential space between layers of the perit...

  • bursa omentalis 0 facts

    An isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach.

Chest Cavity

  • chest cavity 1 facts

    The cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the...

  • mediastinum 0 facts

    The part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta...

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  • sac 17 facts

    A structure resembling a bag in an animal.

  • tympanum 5 facts

    The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear.

  • ventricle 4 facts

    One of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the...

  • sinus 4 facts

    Any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull.

  • socket 3 facts

    A bony hollow into which a structure fits.

  • fossa 3 facts

    A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).

  • chamber 2 facts

    An enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy".

  • vestibule 2 facts

    Any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina).

  • amniotic cavity 1 facts

    The fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo.

  • pulp cavity 1 facts

    The central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal).

  • cecum 1 facts

    The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix...

  • orbit 1 facts

    The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball.

  • nasal cavity 1 facts

    Either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the...

  • pleural cavity 1 facts

    The cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart.

  • tubular cavity 1 facts

    A cavity having the shape of a tube.

  • armpit 1 facts

    The hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits...

  • archenteron 1 facts

    Central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity.

  • celom 0 facts

    A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and...

  • pericardial cavity 0 facts

    The space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates...

  • abdomen 0 facts

    The cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the...

  • pelvis 0 facts

    A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged...

  • vacuole 0 facts

    A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell.

  • uterine cavity 0 facts

    The space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes.

  • pelvic cavity 0 facts

    The space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and containing the pelvic viscera.

  • blastocoel 0 facts

    The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula.

  • cranial cavity 0 facts

    The cavity enclosed by the cranium.

  • cloaca 0 facts

    (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals)...

  • locule 0 facts

    A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal.

  • lumen 0 facts

    A cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the intestine".

  • buccal cavity 0 facts

    The cavity between the jaws and the cheeks.

  • antrum 0 facts

    A natural cavity or hollow in a bone.