Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The hollow portion of the torso within the abdomen, containing the abdominal organs, in mammals below the diaphragm.
WordNet
n : the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm [syn: abdomen]
Wikipedia
The abdominal cavity is a large body cavity in humans and many other animals that contains many organs. It is a part of the abdominopelvic cavity. 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.
Usage examples of "abdominal cavity".
From the watery condition of the blood there resulted various serous effusions into the pericardium, into the ventricles of the brain, and into the abdominal cavity.
Robert Corry and Jay 40 FIVE PATIENTS John O'Connor 41 Kaufman, in an attempt to obtain fluid from the abdominal cavity.
Paul's first goal was to introduce the trocar of the insufflation unit to fill the patient's abdominal cavity with gas.
No pooling of blood in the chest or abdominal cavity, either, though I was getting some seepage.
Throughout this period most of his mass remained in the abdominal cavity, and it was more than seventy-two hours after his first intrusion that he felt secure enough in his position to pay attention once more to outside affairs.
He bundled the viscera back into the abdominal cavity, and with great difficulty got the corpse rewrapped.
John Gill's boots had been removed and stuffed inside his abdominal cavity, according to one news report.
Next she stuck her index fingers into the transparent cover of the abdominal cavity, tore it open, and pushed the wormy mass of intestines out of her way.
The vet slits open the dog's abdomen, and Gabriella, like, gives him a dozen plastic bags of coke, which the vet sews into the abdominal cavity.
The bird remained and he felt its dunglike claws penetrate his lungs, his chest cavity, and then his abdominal cavity.
Feldman set to work cannulating the man's radial artery, while a second resident numbed a spot near his navel and thrust a tube into the abdominal cavity.
It was called rebound tenderness, and it was a strong indication of peritonitis, inflammation of the lining of the abdominal cavity.
Opening the wall here is extremely trickya slight nick in the small intestine can release digestive acids into the abdominal cavity.
In almost all cases which I examined after death, even in the most emaciated, there was more or less serous effusion into the abdominal cavity.
I palpated her abdominal cavity, got a fix on her organs, which were in the expected places, but small.