Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for duodenum, pancreas, and kidneys.
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Identifiers
Latin
cavitas abdominis
MeSH
D034841
TA98
A01.1.00.051 A10.1.00.001
TA2
128
FMA
12266
Anatomical terminology
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The abdominal cavity is a large body cavity in humans[1] and many other animals that contain organs. It is a part of the abdominopelvic cavity.[2] It is located below the thoracic cavity, and above the pelvic cavity. Its dome-shaped roof is the thoracic diaphragm, a thin sheet of muscle under the lungs, and its floor is the pelvic inlet, opening into the pelvis.
^"Abdominal cavity". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-Ak – Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
^Wingerd, Bruce (1994). The Human Body: Concepts of Anatomy and Physiology. Fort Worth: Saunders College Publishing. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-03-055507-8.
The abdominalcavity is a large body cavity in humans and many other animals that contain organs. It is a part of the abdominopelvic cavity. It is located...
under the thoracic diaphragm is termed the abdominalcavity. The boundary of the abdominalcavity is the abdominal wall in the front and the peritoneal surface...
the meninges for example the fluid is cerebrospinal fluid; in the abdominalcavity the fluid contained in the peritoneum is a serous fluid. In amniotes...
the lining of the abdominalcavity or coelom in amniotes and some invertebrates, such as annelids. It covers most of the intra-abdominal (or coelomic) organs...
abdominopelvic cavity is a body cavity that consists of the abdominalcavity and the pelvic cavity. The upper portion is the abdominalcavity, and it contains...
The peritoneal cavity is a potential space between the parietal peritoneum (the serous membrane that surrounds the abdominal wall) and visceral peritoneum...
In human anatomy, the abdominal aorta is the largest artery in the abdominalcavity. As part of the aorta, it is a direct continuation of the descending...
pelvic cavity Female pelvic cavity Lateral projection of the human body cavities, with the line separating the abdominal and pelvic cavities shown. This...
etc.) Diseases affecting the abdominalcavity are dealt with generally under their own names. The most common abdominal surgeries are described below...
In anatomy, the abdominal wall represents the boundaries of the abdominalcavity. The abdominal wall is split into the anterolateral and posterior walls...
Abdominal muscles cover the anterior and lateral abdominal region and meet at the anterior midline. These muscles of the anterolateral abdominal wall can...
containing the heart and lungs, from the abdominalcavity: as the diaphragm contracts, the volume of the thoracic cavity increases, creating a negative pressure...
Irreducible abdominal hernias or incarcerated hernias may be painful, but their most relevant symptom is that they cannot return to the abdominalcavity when...
surface of the intestines. It is the first structure observed when the abdominalcavity is opened anteriorly (from the front). The greater omentum is the larger...
are not suspended by mesentery in the abdominalcavity and that lie between the parietal peritoneum and abdominal wall are classified as retroperitoneal...
An inguinal hernia or groin hernia is a hernia (protrusion) of abdominalcavity contents through the inguinal canal. Symptoms, which may include pain or...
diaphragm, a muscle located horizontally between the thoracic cavity and abdominalcavity. Air enters the lungs as the diaphragm strongly contracts, but...
peritoneocentesis (also called laparocentesis or abdominal paracentesis) in which the peritoneal cavity is punctured by a needle to sample peritoneal fluid...
their contents into the abdominalcavity. Hemorrhage and systemic infection are the main causes of deaths that result from abdominal trauma. One or more of...
cavity, and the abdominopelvic cavity. The abdominopelvic cavity is further divided into the abdominalcavity and pelvic cavity, but there is no physical barrier...
An open hysterectomy provides the most effective way to explore the abdominalcavity and perform complicated surgeries. Before the refinement of the vaginal...
problem, an individual's abdominalcavity would generate elevated free fatty acid flux to the liver. The effect of abdominal adiposity occurs not just...
size in females. A hernia that exits the abdominalcavity directly through the deep layers of the abdominal wall, thereby bypassing the inguinal canal...
treatment. Visceral fat or abdominal fat (also known as organ fat or intra-abdominal fat) is located inside the abdominalcavity, packed between the organs...
the process during fetal development by which the abdominal organs form outside the abdominalcavity, later returning into it through an opening which...
procedure involving a surgical incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominalcavity. It is also known as a celiotomy. The first successful...
Greater omentum – Fat sheath under abdominal wall Peritoneum – Serous membrane that forms lining of abdominalcavity or coelom This article incorporates...
pushes intestinal loops out of the abdominalcavity. Around 10th week, the intestine returns to the abdominalcavity and the process is completed by the...
of a human body, naturally occurring bacteria in the organs of the abdominalcavity (such as the stomach and intestines) generate gases as by-products...
elongation of the duct. The diaphragm divides the body cavity into the thoracic cavity and the abdominalcavity. It develops from four components: the septum transversum...
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