Abdominopelvic cavity

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• abdominopelvic cavity — cavitas abdominis et pelvis …   Medical dictionary

• cavity — 1. A hollow space; hole. See cave, c., cavitas, cavernous space. 2. Lay term for the loss of tooth structure due to dental caries. SYN: cavum [TA], cavitas. [L. cavus …   Medical dictionary

• abdominopelvic — adjective Of or pertaining to the abdomen and (the cavity of) the pelvis …   Wiktionary

• Ventral body cavity — The ventral body cavity is a human body cavity that is in the anterior (front) aspect of the human body. It is made up of the thoracic cavity, and the abdominopelvic cavity. The abdominopelvic cavity is further separated into the abdominal cavity …   Wikipedia

• Abdominal cavity — Infobox Anatomy Name = Abdominal cavity Latin = cavitas abdominis GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for duodenum, pancreas, and kidneys. System = Precursor = MeshName = Abdominal+Cavity… …   Wikipedia

• Thoracic cavity — Latin cavitas thoracis Gray s subject #136 524 Dorlands/Elsevier …   Wikipedia

• Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated …   Medical dictionary

• Human anatomical terms — make up a distinct nomenclature to describe areas of the body, to provide orientation when describing parts of human anatomy, cite web | url=http://www.bartleby.com/107/1.html| title= Introduction page, Anatomy of the Human Body . Henry Gray.… …   Wikipedia

• Outline of human anatomy — See also: Index of anatomy related articles Human anatomy, a branch of anatomy, is the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human. It is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy. Gross anatomy (also called topographical… …   Wikipedia

• Mesentery — Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the lower part of the abdomen. The mesentery is marked with red …   Wikipedia