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20: 169:, or "incomplete", extending only part way into the cavity (the terms "perfect" and "imperfect" are sometimes used instead). They stretch from the pedal disc to the oral disc, and there are two perforations or ostia near the oral disc. Mesenteries are usually in pairs. The free edge of incomplete mesenteries are thickened to form glandular, ciliated bands called mesenterial filaments. The lower ends of the mesenterial filaments are elongated into 132: 205:, have at least eight complete mesenteries and a variable number of incomplete ones near the base. The functional significance of the mesenteries in sea anemones is unclear. Their margins are involved in only a limited amount of digestion and absorption, so their chief function may be to provide support to help the animal maintain its shape. 102:
that encloses the intestines and their associated organs and connect them with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. In invertebrates, a mesentery is a support or partition in a body cavity serving a similar function to the mesenteries of vertebrates.
119:. In segmented organisms such as earthworms, there are a pair of coelomic cavities in each segment. The mesothelium of the body wall is extended round the central gut to form a mesentery, a longitudinal partition in the 123:. Above the gut is the dorsal mesentery and below the gut, the ventral mesentery. The transverse partition between the separate segments is known as a septum. 187:, have the mesenteries arranged radially in pairs which develop cyclically. The mesenteries deposit calcium carbonate which forms a stony ridge, the 327: 215:, have eight primary mesenteries which alternate with the eight tentacles. The mesenteries are complete and unpaired and bear unilobed filaments. 177:(stinging cells) and can protrude through the body wall or mouth. The gonads are situated on the mesenteries alongside the mesenterial filaments. 57:
enclosing the intestines; in other organisms it forms complete or incomplete partitions of the body cavity, whether that is the
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Invertebrate animals. Botany: the natural history of plants. Geology: the natural history of the earth's structure. Glossary
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is a membrane inside the body cavity of an animal. The term identifies different structures in different
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Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard, S.; Barnes, Robert D. (2004).
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Index


Terrazoanthus onoi
Zoantharia
Hydrozoanthidae
zoology
phyla
peritoneum
coelom
Anthozoa
Mesentery
vertebrates
mesentery
peritoneum
bilaterally symmetrical organisms
coelom
sagittal plane

Cnidaria
Anthozoa
gastrovascular cavity
mesogloea
gastrodermis
pharynx
acontia
cnidocytes
Stony corals
Scleractinia
septum
corallite
Sea anemones

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