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A dome-shaped rubber contraceptive device worn in the vagina over the cervix to prevent sperm from entering. 385
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in gasteromycetes, a homogeneous wall of hyphae that separates the gleba from the sterile base, eg. in some species of Calvatia.
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muscular sheet separating chest from abdomen. Its regular contraction is required in respiration. Tendon of the diaphragm is from the septum transversum. (More? Musculoskeletal Notes)
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generally, a muscular partition. In mammaliforms, the diaphragm is analogous to pulmonary fold (see pleural cavity), but is formed from a dorsal process of the coelom itself which is invaded by migrating cervical mesenchymal cells. The mesenchyme differentiates into neuromuscular tissue which creates a muscular diaphragm bringing ventilation under direct muscular control. Reptiles possess a similar (analogous? homologous? ...
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The thin muscle below the lungs and heart that separates the chest from the abdomen.
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