Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cavity or series of spaces between the organs of most arthropods and mollusks through which the blood or hemolymph circulates.
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- noun The system of
cavities between theorgans ofarthropods andmollusks through which theblood circulates
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Examples
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All organ systems are found in the hemocoel and are bathed in hemolymph.
Arthropoda 2007
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The hemolymph circulates through the hemocoel by body movements.
Arthropoda 2007
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Freshwater tardigrades are white or colorless, while those in terrestrial habitats may be brown, yellow, orange, pink, red, green, purple or black depending on their intestinal contents, granular bodies in the hemocoel, and pigmentation in the cuticle and the hypodermis.
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Freshwater tardigrades are white or colorless, while those in terrestrial habitats may be brown, yellow, orange, pink, red, green, purple or black depending on their intestinal contents, granular bodies in the hemocoel, and pigmentation in the cuticle and the hypodermis.
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It then flows to the posterior end through three hemocoel chambers and then it will travel back to the heart.
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The heart forces blood to the hemocoel of the head.
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A short, oval heart is at the dorsal end and is surrounded by hemocoel.
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It then flows to the posterior end through three hemocoel chambers and then it will travel back to the heart.
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The water flea's circulatory system consists of a heart, hemocoel (basically the body cavity), and blood.
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The heart forces blood to the hemocoel of the head.
chained_bear commented on the word hemocoel
"I frowned, running through the medical possibilities. If the accident had resulted in severe vascular damage, there wasn't much I could do; I was in no way equipped for fine reconstructive surgery. If it were only a hemocoel, though, then perhaps...."
—Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (NY: Bantam Dell, 2001), 639
January 23, 2010