NOUN
- the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
How To Use abdominal cavity In A Sentence
- Haematoma in the abdominal cavity was found as an irregular echo free zone between left hepatic lobe and the transplanted pancreas.
- Both practitioners also said a laparoscopic surgical procedure could be conducted to rule out problems such as endometriosis, which is when the tissue that lines the uterus, grows outside the organ and attaches to other organs in the abdominal cavity. Undefined
- The bullet passed from right to left markedly upwards and forwards, enters the right abdominal cavity where it transfixes and mutilates the right kidney, transfixes the right lobe of the liver, transfixes diaphragm, transfixes the lower lobe of the left lung, transfixes sibson fascia on the left, lacerates the left common carotid artery and emerges through wound no. 'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
- For example, breathing in quick abdominal breaths—the Breath of Fire—stimulates the splanchnic nerves in the abdominal cavity, and potentiates release of stimulating epinephrine and norepinephrine. Meditation as Medicine
- The bowel is returned to the abdominal cavity, and the abdominal wall is closed during one procedure. Gastroschisis
- And one thing that they do sometimes -- excuse me, a little bit of throat congestion -- they actually sometimes will divert some of the intestine into a bag -- it's called a colostomy bag -- so that actually the intestine gets a chance to heal, the abdominal cavity gets a chance to heal while that suture line is fixing itself. CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2007
- -- In the ridgeling animal one or both of the testicles have not descended into the scrotal sac, and are usually lodged in the inguinal canal or abdominal cavity. Common Diseases of Farm Animals
- This muscle runs obliquely downwards inside the abdominal cavity.
- The diaphragm is a sheet of muscle, which separates the chest from the abdominal cavity and forms the floor of the thorax.
- Through this incision, the abdominal cavity is distended with carbon dioxide gas.
