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Record 1 2003-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
DEF

The main part of the body-cavity of a vertebrate, containing the principal viscera other than the heart.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

Chez tous les Vertébrés, le coelome embryonnaire se subdivise en deux ou trois cavités par suite d'un cloisonnement secondaire transversal. [...] [La partie] du coelome [autre que la cavité péricardique et les cavités pleurales] constitue la "cavité péritonéale" qui contient les "viscères abdominaux [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
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