Transverse septum

Japanese: 横中隔 - おうちゅうかく
Transverse septum

…In vertebrates, except for primitive fish, the heart, located at the front of the body cavity, is separated from the main part of the body cavity by a partition that develops behind it. This partition is generally called the transverse septum, and the space containing the heart is called the pericardial cavity. In amphibians and reptiles, in connection with the development of the lungs, a new partition called the perithoracic pericardium develops from part of the transverse septum, and comes to separate the pericardial cavity from the abdominal cavity. …

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Japanese:

…原始的な魚類を除く脊椎動物では,体腔の前部に位置する心臓はその後ろに生じた隔壁によって体腔の主部から隔離されている。この隔壁を一般に横中隔といい,これによって隔てられた,心臓をいれた空間を囲心腔という。両生類・爬虫類では肺の発達と関連して,胸囲心膜とよばれる新しい隔壁が横中隔の一部から発達し,囲心腔と腹腔とを境するようになる。…

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