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DictionarySeecavitypleuroperitoneal cavity
pleuroperitoneal cavity[‚plu̇r·ō¦per·ə·tə¦nē·əl ′kav·əd·ē] (vertebrate zoology) The body cavity containing both the lungs and the abdominal viscera in all pulmonate vertebrates except mammals. pleuroperitoneal cavity
pleur·o·per·i·to·ne·al cav·i·tythat part of the embryonic celom later partitioned to give rise to the pleural and peritoneal cavities.pleuroperitoneal cavityThe ventral body cavity. See: body cavity for illus.; coelomSee also: cavity |