body wall
noun
: the external surface of the animal body consisting of ectoderm and mesoderm and enclosing the body cavity
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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.
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2024
The body wall has been pierced, the lungs skewered.
—Robert Baker, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2019
However, more scans and test results showed there was evidence of swelling in the baby's head and body wall, a heart defect and a tumor on the baby's abdomen that was about one-third the size of the baby and growing.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 May 2023
The condition, called limb body wall complex, is rare.
—Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
Only the minor workers are able to rupture their body wall.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2024
The body wall has been pierced, the lungs skewered.
—Robert Baker, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2019
However, more scans and test results showed there was evidence of swelling in the baby's head and body wall, a heart defect and a tumor on the baby's abdomen that was about one-third the size of the baby and growing.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 May 2023
The condition, called limb body wall complex, is rare.
—Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
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 4 Mar. 2025.
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