| has gloss | (noun) (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
bodily cavity, cavum, cavity |
| lexicalization | eng: bodily cavity |
| lexicalization | eng: cavity |
| lexicalization | eng: cavum |
| subclass of | (noun) a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"
structure, complex body part, anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure |
| has subclass | (noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
fossa, pit |
| has subclass | (noun) the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
blastocele, blastocoel, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity, blastocoele |
| has subclass | (noun) central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
archenteron |
| has subclass | (noun) any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
sinus |
| has subclass | (noun) a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
locule, loculus |
| has subclass | (noun) a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the intestine"
lumen |
| has subclass | (noun) a bony hollow into which a structure fits
socket |
| has subclass | (noun) the central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal)
pulp cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
cranial orbit, eye socket, orbital cavity, orbit |
| has subclass | (noun) the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks
buccal cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) a natural cavity or hollow in a bone
antrum |
| has subclass | (noun) (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open
cloaca |
| has subclass | (noun) any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
vestibule |
| has subclass | (noun) the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus
mediastinum |
| has subclass | (noun) the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
tympanum, middle ear, tympanic cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) the cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart
pleural cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy"
chamber |
| has subclass | (noun) the cavity enclosed by the cranium
cranial cavity, intracranial cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo
amniotic cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) the interior of the peritoneum; a potential space between layers of the peritoneum
greater peritoneal sac, peritoneal cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach
lesser peritoneal cavity, omental bursa, bursa omentalis |
| has subclass | (noun) the space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement
pericardial cavity, pericardial space |
| has subclass | (noun) a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
vacuole |
| has subclass | (noun) one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid
ventricle |
| has subclass | (noun) a structure resembling a bag in an animal
sac |
| has subclass | (noun) the space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes
uterine cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx
nasal cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx
nasopharynx |
| has subclass | (noun) cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth
oropharynx |
| has subclass | (noun) the lower part of the pharynx
laryngopharynx |
| has subclass | (noun) the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
caecum, cecum, blind gut |
| has subclass | (noun) a cavity having the shape of a tube
tubular cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water"
axilla, armpit, axillary cavity, axillary fossa |
| has subclass | (noun) the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart
thoracic cavity, chest cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
pelvis, renal pelvis |
| has subclass | (noun) the space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and containing the pelvic viscera
pelvic cavity |
| has subclass | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
celoma, coelom, celom |