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            • coelom
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            • Fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal; usually refers to a cavity lined with specialized tissue peritoneum in which the gut is suspended. The structure and development of the coelom is an important character for recognizing major groups of animals. ucmp.berkeley.edu - by Enrique Cavalitto
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            • Simpler animals like cnidarians (jellyfish, coral, etc.) and sponges are diploblastic and monoblastic respectively, lacking a coelom. Though the coelom developed in triploblastic animals, some of these animals have lost their coeloms. - wiseGEEK by Enrique Cavalitto
            • Flatworms would have lost the coelom secondarily. Since their acoelomate condition is no longer indicative of a primitive origin, most of their characters put them in the protostomes, with the spiralian phyla. - CBS Interactive Inc. BNET by Enrique Cavalitto
            • Functionally, a coelom can absorb shock or provide a hydrostatic skeleton. - nationmaster.com by Enrique Cavalitto
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            • Celoma
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            • Cavidade interna de alguns animais, repleta de fluido, que envolve e protege as vísceras. É formada com o desenvolvimento da mesoderme durante a diferenciação embrionária. Own research - by Marcelo Lino
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            • A presença de celoma, que só aparece em animais triblásticos, determina a designação dos animais que possuam essa cavidade por celomados. - Infopédia by Marcelo Lino
            • As funções do celoma consistem em servir de esqueleto hidrostático para o animal. Sendo um meio interno fluido, facilita a circulação, a respiração e a eliminação de detritos. Possibilita também o crescimento dos órgãos internos, que se podem enrolar sobre si mesmos, aumentando assim consideravelmente a sua superfície. - Infopédia by Marcelo Lino
            • Cavidade originada da mesoderme, o celoma (cele - "cavidade"). No adulto, o celoma formará a cavidade geral do corpo, situada entre a derme/epiderme e o tubo digestivo. Tal cavidade aloja diversos órgãos do animal, que neste caso recebe o nome de celomado (com cavidade central totalmente revestida pela mesoderme). - Wikipedia by Marcelo Lino
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