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Abdominal cavity

Introduction: Abdominal cavity

Description of Abdominal cavity

Abdominal cavity: [TA] the space bounded by the abdominal walls, the diaphragm, and the pelvis; it usually is arbitrarily separated from the pelvic cavity by a plane across the superior aperture of the pelvis; however, it may include the pelvis with the abdomen (see abdominopelvic cavity); within the cavitas lie the greater part of the organs of digestion, the spleen, the kidneys, and the suprarenal glands. SYN: cavitas abdominalis [TA], cavum abdominis, enterocele (2).
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Abdominal cavity: the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Abdominal cavity: The region in the abdomen extending from the thoracic DIAPHRAGM to the plane of the superior pelvic aperture (pelvic inlet). The abdominal cavity contains the PERITONEUM and abdominal VISCERA, as well as the extraperitoneal space which includes the RETROPERITONEAL SPACE.
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)