(n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
(n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
Example Sentences:
(1) Findings on plain X-ray of the abdomen, using the usual parameters of psoas and kidney shadows in the Nigerian, indicate that the two communities studied are similar but urinary calculi and urinary tract distortion are significantly more prominent in the community with the higher endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis.
(2) The rational surgical methods of treatment in 85 patients with suppurative hepatic echinococcosis penetrating into the abdomen cavity are presented.
(3) Chest and biceps circumferences increased 4.2% and 3.1%, respectively; abdomen and thigh circumferences did not significantly change; body fat decreased 16.8%; and body mass increased 2.3%.
(4) Duplex and color Doppler sonography have become indispensable for evaluating the major vessels of the abdomen.
(5) A 33-year old woman was admitted with high fever and excruciating pain in the lower right abdomen that had lasted on and off for months.
(6) In conclusion, a zipper technique has been outlined that allows effective continuing drainage of the septic abdomen, permits early diagnosis of organ damage, is rapid and cost effective, minimizes ventilator dependency and gastrointestinal complications, is well tolerated by the patients, and has produced a modest 65 per cent survival rate in the first 34 critically ill patients in whom it was used.
(7) As for possible causes of reduced Leydig cell activity it was investigated whether the testis was (1) hypoplastic; (2) abnormally fused with the epididymis; (3) located in the abdomen; (4) or UT was associated with hypospadias.
(8) The clinical presentation is that of an acute abdomen.
(9) The rapidity of obtaining the results (within one hour), the complete absence of untoward reactions to the radiopharmaceuticals, the much lower frequency of subtle or indeterminate results, the ability to render useful information in the presence of moderate jaundice and the lack of interference from overlying intestinal contents establishes these radionuclide agents as superior to both radiographic oral and intravenous cholangiography in the investigation of the acute abdomen.
(10) Regarding space occupying lesions in the abdomen angiography is an aid in diagnosis and differential diagnosis and provides information on the curability.
(11) The characteristic signs and symptoms represent the triad of a pulsatile mass in the upper part of the abdomen, intermittent hemorrhage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract and severe epigastralgia not relieved by antacids.
(12) There are two sites for transplantation, which are the submamma and the upper lateral region of abdomen.
(13) We analysed the plain abdomen and chest films of 62 patients with this disease.
(14) Contrast media in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis are applied for various purposes; different substances and forms of application must be distinguished.
(15) In all series of experiments multidimensional statistical analysis allowed one to reveal the effect conducive to a relative decrease in the blood content in the brain, myocardium, lungs, liver and to its increase in some abdominal organs, skin, muscle and bone tissues of the extremities, abdomen and pelvis.
(16) The lesion has occurred in many sites, but is commonest in the thorax (60%), abdomen (11%), neck (14%), and axilla (4%).
(17) The remaining patients had vague pains, tender abdomen, constitutional symptoms or a mass in the abdomen.
(18) In 25 patients, small cell lung cancer was staged prospectively with both conventional staging and a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocol that included 1.5-T MR imaging of the pelvis, abdomen, spine, and brain.
(19) Laparoscopy with artificial ascites creates a larger space between organs and makes an accurate inspection of the entire intra-peritoneal abdomen possible.
(20) No evidence of lymphomatous involvement of lymph nodes and non-lymphoid organs was found by CT scan, ultrasound echography and gallium scan of the chest and abdomen.
Viscera
Definition:
(n.) pl. of Viscus.
(pl. ) of Viscus
Example Sentences:
(1) In the viscera, mechanoreception provides sensory feedback on organ volume and pressure.
(2) Viscera and peritoneal surfaces were anatomically isolated and exposed to light for intervals calculated to deliver the prescribed energy.
(3) This form of KS (epidemic or AIDS-KS) is aggressive and often results in dissemination and invasion of lymph nodes and viscera.
(4) Postmortem examination revealed cerebral edema and fatty degeneration of the viscera.
(5) A survey of gastrointestinal nematodes in Georgia cattle was conducted from 1968 through 1973 from actual worm counts from viscera of 145 slaughtered beef cattle or from egg counts made from fecal samples from 3,273 beef and 100 dairy cattle.
(6) Gross and microscopic pathology in the treated mice included: acute active hyperemia of the viscera, multifocal areas of necrosis of the musculature of the intestinal wall and diaphragm and the presence of cytoplasmic vacuoles in the peripheral margins of the acinar portion of the pancreas.
(7) The single space thus created allows the wide implantation of a subperitoneal Mersilene prosthesis which is isolated from the viscera as well as from the skin.
(8) The patient died at the age of 25 years and histopathological examinations of the vessels demonstrated obstructive atheromatous lesions in the medium sized and small arteries of the brain and viscera.
(9) This distribution of neurones with predominantly vasoconstrictor functions differs markedly from that observed after labelling preganglionic fibres that project in the hypogastric nerve to the pelvic viscera.
(10) Certain features in the operative technique are emphasized which should prevent many of these complications.Intraoperative complications during the groin hernia repair are primarily hemorrhage and injury to the vas deferens, the three nerves in the area, the vascular supply of the testis, and the abdominal and pelvic viscera.
(11) Viscera (48.3 kg) from moray eels (Lycodontis javanicus) collected in a ciguatera endemic area were extracted and the ciguatoxins characterized.
(12) Hatched chicks were small and had pale feathers, skin, skeletal muscles, bone marrow, and viscera.
(13) Subdural hematomas and bursting of abdominal viscera represent acute threats to the child's life.
(14) Foam cells in viscera and placenta demonstrated widespread accumulation of a lipidlike material.
(15) The technique avoids the severe and sometimes fatal preliminary complications resulting from sudden increase in abdominal pressure and diaphragmatic elevation that accompany replacement of abdominal viscera that have lost their "right of domain" with large hernias or abdominal wall defects.
(16) For both anesthetic drugs, despite adequate analgesia for laparotomy, response to manipulation of abdominal viscera was observed in 12 goats.
(17) Also, it can be used in patients suffering from cancer of the pancreas and upper abdominal viscera.
(18) In the former tests changes in cardiac output and blood redistribution between leg and viscera circulations were more distinct.
(19) Finally, the third step consists of the harvesting of the abdominal viscera.
(20) Inflammatory and dengerative changes in the central nervous system and viscera of mice were detected throughout the observation period starting from the 7th day postinoculation.