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Abdominal cavity   /æbdˈɑmənəl kˈævəti/   Listen
Abdominal cavity

noun
1.
The cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm.  Synonym: abdomen.





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"Abdominal cavity" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'so named the first part of the intestine before it is rolled into folds'.[88] The duodenum is a U-shaped section of the intestine following immediately on the stomach. Being fixed down behind the abdominal cavity it cannot be further convoluted, and this accounts for Galen's description of it. It is about twelve fingers' breadth long in the animals ...
— The Legacy of Greece • Various


Words linked to "Abdominal cavity" :   belly, stomach, cavum, cavity, venter, abdomen, bodily cavity


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