noun
- the main body cavity of arthropods and mollusks that contains blood or hemolymph
Usage: biology
Examples
- The insect’s hemocoel serves as both circulatory and skeletal system.
- Blood flows freely through the hemocoel in most arthropods.
- The spider’s hemocoel was filled with clear hemolymph.
- Researchers studied the hemocoel structure in various crustaceans.
- The hemocoel differs significantly from the closed circulatory systems of vertebrates.
- Pressure changes in the hemocoel help the arthropod move its limbs.