Collocations withcavity
These are words often used in combination withcavity.
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body cavity
Note coiled salivary silk glands filling most of body cavity.
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chest cavity
The body block that was used earlier to elevate the chest cavity is now used to elevate the head.
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cranial cavity
Endocasts are molds of the cranial cavity of fossil animals.
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inner cavity
The size of the inner cavity is indicated in each panel.
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mantle cavity
Large numbers of metacercariae encysting on the surface of the mantle cavity are likely to interfere with oxygen diffusion across the respiratory epithelium.
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nasal cavity
The other part of the nasal cavity, which is lined by the respiratory epithelium, is called "nasal cavity proper".
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nest cavity
The nest cavity is dug with the hind feet.
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optical cavity
In fact, by some reasons the enhancement factor for optical cavity is expected to be higher than that of circulator.
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oral cavity
Artificial mouths are specifically constructed to mimic the situation in the oral cavity.
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pelvic cavity
It is thought that immune cells remove most endometrial tissues discharged to the pelvic cavity, although this has not been demonstrated in vivo.
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peritoneal cavity
The sinus extended through the tumour (?) to the peritoneal cavity.
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pleural cavity
It is supposed that schistosomula escape from pulmonary capillaries into alveoli and migrate through pulmonary tissues to the pleural cavity.
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thoracic cavity
Consequently, the developing viscera can invade the thoracic cavity, occupying space normally reserved for the growing lungs.
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uterine cavity
Amniotic fluid cultures have been performed on women in preterm labour assuming the infection is localized to the uterine cavity.
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