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• blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity go
  the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
  
• archenteron go
  central cavity of the gastrula
  
• sinus go
  any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
  
• locule, loculus go
  a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
  
• lumen go
  a cavity or passage in a tubular organ
  
• socket go
  a bony hollow into which a structure fits
  
• pulp cavity go
  the central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal)
  
• orbit, eye socket, cranial orbit, orbital cavity go
  the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
  
• buccal cavity go
  the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks
  
• antrum go
  a natural cavity or hollow in a bone
  
• cloaca go
  (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open
  
• vestibule go
  any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
  
• mediastinum go
  the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus
  
• tympanum, middle ear, tympanic cavity go
  the main cavity of the ear
  
• pleural cavity go
  the cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart
  
• chamber go
  an enclosed volume in the body
  
• cranial cavity, intracranial cavity go
  the cavity enclosed by the cranium
  
• amniotic cavity go
  the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo
  
• peritoneal cavity, greater peritoneal sac go
  the interior of the peritoneum
  
• bursa omentalis, omental bursa, lesser peritoneal cavity go
  an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach
  
• pericardial cavity, pericardial space go
  the space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement
  
• vacuole go
  a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
  
• ventricle go
  one of four connected cavities in the brain
  
• sac go
  a structure resembling a bag in an animal
  
• uterine cavity go
  the space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes
  
• nasal cavity go
  either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx
  
• nasopharynx go
  cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx
  
• oropharynx go
  cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth
  
• laryngopharynx go
  the lower part of the pharynx
  
• cecum, caecum, blind gut go
  the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
  
• tubular cavity go
  a cavity having the shape of a tube
  
• armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa go
  the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
  
• chest cavity, thoracic cavity go
  the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart
  
• abdomen, abdominal cavity go
  the cavity containing the major viscera
  
• pelvis, renal pelvis go
  a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
  
• pelvic cavity go
  the space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and containing the pelvic viscera
  
• celom, coelom, celoma go
  a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
  
• fossa, pit go
  a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)