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Definition of Segmentation cavity
1. Noun. The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula.
Group relationships: Blastosphere, Blastula
Generic synonyms: Bodily Cavity, Cavity, Cavum
Derivative terms: Blastocoelic, Blastocoelic, Blastocoelic
Medical Definition of Segmentation cavity
1. The cavity in the blastula of a developing embryo. Synonym: blastocoele, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity. Origin: blasto-+ G. Koilos, hollow (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Segmentation Cavity
Literary usage of Segmentation cavity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"The discovery of a "segmentation cavity" in his Fig. 23 seems to have been thus
inspired (compare this figure with Wilson's Fig. 15). ..."
2. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1881)
"This cavity is the true segmentation cavity. ... With the appearance of the
segmentation cavity the portion of the blastoderm which forms its roof becomes ..."
3. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1880)
"All intermediate conditions between a large segmentation cavity, ... D. Stage in
which a single layer of cells encloses a central segmentation cavity. ..."
4. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"This cavity is the true segmentation cavity. Both the cavity and the embryonic
swelling are seen in section in fig. 31 A and B. In Leuciscus rutilus Bambeke ..."
5. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1880)
"All intermediate conditions between a large segmentation cavity, ... D. Stage in
which a single layer of cells encloses a central segmentation cavity. ..."
6. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"The segmentation cavity has occasionally, ... D. Stage in which a tingle layer
of cells encloses a central segmentation cavity. ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This invagination resulting in tho obliteration of tho "segmentation cavity"
.... with a large segmentation cavity. The cavity is obliterated by a normal ..."
8. An Introduction to Vertebrate Embryology: Based on the Study of the Frog and by Albert Moore Reese (1904)
"5, B) show a small central cavity, the segmentation cavity, which becomes larger
as segmentation proceeds, and is filled with an albuminous fluid. ..."
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