mantle cavity

collocation in English

meaningsofmantleandcavity

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mantle
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.təl/us
/ˈmæn.t̬əl/
formal
the responsibilities of an important position or job, especially as given from the person who had the job to the person who ...
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cavity
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkæv.ə.ti/us
/ˈkæv.ə.t̬i/
a hole, or an empty space between ...
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(Definition ofmantleandcavityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Large numbers of metacercariae encysting on the surface of themantlecavityare likely to interfere with oxygen diffusion across the respiratory epithelium.
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Within the infected snail population the surface of themantlecavityalways contained metacercariae (table 2).
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Moreover, encystment in themantlecavitynot only reduces the capacity of snails to store air but also decreases gaseous exchange on the mantle surface.
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Seawater was drained from themantlecavity.
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The movement draws water into themantlecavityand pushes it out again through the funnel, aerating the gills in the process.
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Fish that investigate this get showered in glochidia which have been brooded within the mussel'smantlecavityover the winter period.
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At the front of themantlecavitylies the siphon, which the squid uses for locomotion via precise jet propulsion.
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In some molluscs themantlecavityis a brood chamber, and in cephalopods and some bivalves such as scallops, it is a locomotory organ.
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Like other cephalopods, they are propelled by jet by pulling water into themantlecavity, and pushing it through the siphon, in gentle, rhythmic pulses.
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The gills hang down into themantlecavity, the wall of which provides a secondary respiratory surface being well supplied with capillaries.
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Under the body are openings to themantlecavity, which contains the gills (ctenidia) and openings to the excretory and reproductive systems.
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Water enters themantlecavityon the outside of the gills, and the entrance of themantlecavitycloses.
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It usually presents itself as a thickening of the tissue located in the roof of the animal'smantlecavity.
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The paired organs in themantlecavityrepresent a primitive condition in gastropods.
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Waste is periodically expelled through the fourth pallial opening which can also be used for expulsion of water from themantlecavity.
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In cephalopods, nidamental glands are large, paired glandular structures found in themantlecavity.
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The pea crab lives in themantlecavityof these hosts.
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The vascularizedmantlecavityis reduced, and a series of blind tubules radiate from it, being surrounded blood vessels.
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The majority of marine gastropods breathe through a single gill, supplied with oxygen by a current of water through themantlecavity.
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It feeds on plankton and as well as catching food particles, it pumps water through itsmantlecavity.
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