body wall
noun
: the external surface of the animal body consisting of ectoderm and mesoderm and enclosing the body cavity
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The tack down procedure is called a gastropexy wherein the stomach is surgically adhered to the inside of the right body wall around the last ribs.
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Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Other species simply dissolve their body walls when grabbed and removed from the water.
—Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 15 May 2025
Once eaten, the worm's bristles were visible through the anemone's body wall, researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 May 2025
While this is happening, the collagen in the body wall in that region softens and breaks, and so do the muscles and ligaments that hold together ossicles.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2024
The condition, called limb body wall complex, is rare.
—Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
The body wall has been pierced, the lungs skewered.
—Robert Baker, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2019
Only the minor workers are able to rupture their body wall.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
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Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Other species simply dissolve their body walls when grabbed and removed from the water.
—Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 15 May 2025
Once eaten, the worm's bristles were visible through the anemone's body wall, researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 May 2025
While this is happening, the collagen in the body wall in that region softens and breaks, and so do the muscles and ligaments that hold together ossicles.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2024
The condition, called limb body wall complex, is rare.
—Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
The body wall has been pierced, the lungs skewered.
—Robert Baker, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2019
Only the minor workers are able to rupture their body wall.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
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“Body wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20wall. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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