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Q: Why coelom is called as secondary body cavity?
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Do coelenterates have a coelom?

No. A coelenterate is an animal (such as a jellyfish), whose main body cavity is also its alimentary canal (gut). Most animals, on the other hand, have a body cavity (called a coelom) that is separate from the gut. For instance, inside your own body, you have an alimentary canal (your esophagus, stomach and intestines) and a separate body cavity that contains your heart, lungs, liver, etc. In a coelenterate, there is only one cavity.


What is the cavity inside the trunk of the body?

This could be wrong but i believe it is called a COELOM


The body cavity is a true coelom why?

The body cavity is a true coelom because it is lined by a layer of coelomic epithelium of mesodermal origin.


What body cavity does a sponge have?

Sponges have no proper body cavity or coelom. However, in the everyday sense of the expression, there is a cavity inside sponges, which is called a spongocoel.


What do you mean by true coelom?

The coelom is the body cavity of an animal. A true coelom is a body cavity that is complete from mouth to anus with no breaks; there are animals that have pseudocoeloms - mouths and anuses but no solid connection between the two.


The two principal body cavities are?

There are two principal body cavities the dorsal (posterior) body cavity and the ventral (anterior) body cavity.


What animals are eucoelomate?

eucoelomate (true guts) possessing a cavity coelom between the body wall and the gut. (zoology)


Does a rotifer have a true coelom?

Cockroaches do have a true coelom, because their bodies are made up of the three layers of cells. It is called a haemocoel because the body of the body cavity is filled with blood.


What is true coelom in Metazoans?

True coelom is body cavity lined by mesothelium on both sides as in chordates .


Which is a fluid-filled space separating an animal's digestive tract from the body wall known as?

This space is called coelom or body cavity .


Chordates have a true body cavity called a?

yes, I think it's called coelom. An organism with a true body cavity is called a eucoelomate. This means that the body cavity exists between the inner layer of mesoderm and the outer layer of mesoderm. A pseudocelomate kind of has a body cavity but it is the space between the endoderm and mesoderm. This is not a true body cavity because it is not mesoderm on mesoderm.


A fluid filled body cavity that is lined with tissue is called a?

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