Medical Term:
celomic bay
Definition:
- medial and lateral recesses at either side of the urogenital mesentery of the embryo;
- superior recess of the vestibule of the lesser peritoneal space; with the formation of the diaphragm, a portion of the right recess is cut off and becomes the infracardiac bursa; the portion below the diaphragm becomes the superior recess of the lesser peritoneal sac; the left recess is lost.
Synonym(s): pneumatoenteric
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