Uberon definition : The cavity within the body of all animals higher than the coelenterates and certain
primitive worms, formed by the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm into two layers.
In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities.;
Uberon synonym : space of body compartment; coelomic cavity; coelomic cavity lumen; main body cavity;
Uberon related term : celom; coelome; hemocoel; coelom;
Uberon narrow term : ventral body cavity;
Uberon broad term : body cavity;
Uberon Taxon note : In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities;
The cavity within the body of all animals higher than the coelenterates and certain
primitive worms, formed by the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm into two layers.
In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities.