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108 relations: Abdomen, Abdominal wall, Adipose tissue, Alexis Littré, Amyand's hernia, Anatomy, Aponeurosis, Appendectomy, Ascites, Athletic pubalgia, August Gottlieb Richter, Autoimmunity, Bleeding, Bowel obstruction, Brain herniation, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Connective tissue disease, Cough, Deep inguinal ring, Dominique Jean Larrey, Ebers Papyrus, Endoscopy, Epigastric hernia, Eponym, Esophagus, Exertion, Femoral canal, Femoral hernia, Fever, Gastrointestinal tract, General anaesthesia, General surgery, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Greater sciatic foramen, Groin, Groin hernia, Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia, H2 antagonist, Heartburn, Hernia, Hernia repair, Hiatal hernia, Human brain, Hydrocele, Incisional hernia, Inferior epigastric vessels, Inflammation, Inguinal hernia, Inguinal hernia surgery, ..., Inguinal ligament, Intracranial pressure, Jean Louis Petit, Laparoscopy, Laparotomy, Large intestine, Linea alba (abdomen), List of human positions, Local anesthesia, Lumbar, Malnutrition, Maydl's hernia, Meckel's diverticulum, Mediastinum, Medical imaging, Nausea, Navel, Nissen fundoplication, Obesity, Obturator canal, Obturator hernia, Organ (anatomy), Pain, Paraumbilical hernia, Pediatric surgery, Perineal hernia, Peritoneal dialysis, Peritoneum, Petit's hernia, Physiology, Post herniorraphy pain syndrome, Pregnancy, Proton-pump inhibitor, Reduction (orthopedic surgery), Richter's hernia, Sciatic nerve, Sciatica, Scrotum, Skull, Smoking, Spigelian hernia, Spinal disc herniation, Standard anatomical position, Stoma (medicine), Stomach, Superficial inguinal ring, Surgical emergency, Testicle, Thoracic diaphragm, Thorax, Transverse abdominal muscle, Truss (medicine), Umbilical cord, Umbilical hernia, Urinary bladder, Vincent Bochdalek, Volvulus, Vomiting. Expand index (58 more) »
Abdomen
The abdomen (less formally called the belly, stomach, tummy or midriff) constitutes the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates.
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Abdominal wall
In anatomy, the abdominal wall represents the boundaries of the abdominal cavity.
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Adipose tissue
In biology, adipose tissue, body fat, or simply fat is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes.
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Alexis Littré
Alexis Littré (17 July 1654 – 3 February 1726) was a French physician and anatomist born in Cordes (currently Cordes-Tolosannes in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne).
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Amyand's hernia
Amyand's hernia is a rare form of an inguinal hernia (less than 1% of inguinal hernias) which occurs when the appendix is included in the hernial sac and becomes incarcerated.
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Anatomy
Anatomy (Greek anatomē, “dissection”) is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.
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Aponeurosis
An aponeurosis (plural: aponeuroses) is a type or a variant of the deep fascia, in the form of a sheet of pearly-white fibrous tissue that attaches sheet-like muscles needing a wide area of attachment.
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Appendectomy
An appendectomy (known outside the United States as appendisectomy or appendicectomy) is a surgical operation in which the vermiform appendix (a portion of the intestine) is removed.
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Ascites
Ascites is the abnormal buildup of fluid in the abdomen.
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Athletic pubalgia
Athletic pubalgia, also called sports hernia, hockey hernia, hockey groin, Gilmore's Groin, or groin disruption is a medical condition of the pubic joint affecting athletes.
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August Gottlieb Richter
August Gottlieb Richter (13 April 1742 – 23 July 1812) was a German surgeon, born in Zörbig, Saxony.
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Autoimmunity
Autoimmunity is the system of immune responses of an organism against its own healthy cells and tissues.
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Bleeding
Bleeding, also known as hemorrhaging or haemorrhaging, is blood escaping from the circulatory system.
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Bowel obstruction
Bowel obstruction, also known as intestinal obstruction, is a mechanical or functional obstruction of the intestines which prevents the normal movement of the products of digestion.
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Brain herniation
Brain herniation is a potentially deadly side effect of very high pressure within the skull that occurs when a part of the brain is squeezed across structures within the skull.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of obstructive lung disease characterized by long-term breathing problems and poor airflow.
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a birth defect of the diaphragm.
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Connective tissue disease
A connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology.
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Cough
A cough is a sudden and often repetitively occurring, protective reflex, which helps to clear the large breathing passages from fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes.
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Deep inguinal ring
The deep inguinal ring (internal or deep abdominal ring, abdominal inguinal ring, internal inguinal ring) is the entrance to the inguinal canal.
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Dominique Jean Larrey
Dominique Jean Larrey (8 July 1766 – 25 July 1842) was a French surgeon in Napoleon's Grande Armée and an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage.
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Ebers Papyrus
The Ebers Papyrus, also known as Papyrus Ebers, is an Egyptian medical papyrus of herbal knowledge dating to circa 1550 BC.
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Endoscopy
An endoscopy (looking inside) is used in medicine to look inside the body.
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Epigastric hernia
An epigastric hernia is a type of hernia which may develop in the epigastrium (upper, central part of the abdomen).
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Eponym
An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named.
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Esophagus
The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English), commonly known as the food pipe or gullet (gut), is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the stomach.
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Exertion
Exertion is the physical or perceived use of energyNewton's Third Law, Elert, Glenn.
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Femoral canal
In human anatomy of the leg, the femoral sheath has three compartments.
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Femoral hernia
A hernia is caused by the protrusion of a viscus (in the case of groin hernias, an intra-abdominal organ) through a weakness in the abdominal wall.
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Fever
Fever, also known as pyrexia and febrile response, is defined as having a temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set-point.
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Gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.
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General anaesthesia
General anaesthesia or general anesthesia (see spelling differences) is a medically induced coma with loss of protective reflexes, resulting from the administration of one or more general anaesthetic agents.
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General surgery
General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland (depending on local referral patterns).
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Giovanni Battista Morgagni
Giovanni Battister Morgagni (25 February 1682 – 6 December 1771) was an Italian anatomist, generally regarded as the father of modern anatomical pathology, who taught thousands of medical students from many countries during his 56 years as Professor of Anatomy at the University of Padua.
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Greater sciatic foramen
The greater sciatic foramen is an opening (foramen) in the posterior human pelvis.
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Groin
In human anatomy, the groin (the adjective is inguinal, as in inguinal canal) is the junctional area (also known as the inguinal region) between the abdomen and the thigh on either side of the pubic bone.
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Groin hernia
A groin hernia may refer to.
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Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia
Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia is a herniation of abdominal contents through the back, specifically through the superior lumbar triangle, which is defined by the quadratus lumborum muscle, twelfth rib, and internal oblique muscle.
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H2 antagonist
H2 antagonists, sometimes referred to as H2RA and also called H2 blockers, are a class of medications that block the action of histamine at the histamine H2 receptors of the parietal cells in the stomach.
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Heartburn
Heartburn, also known as acid indigestion, is a burning sensation in the central chest or upper central abdomen.
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Hernia
A hernia is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides.
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Hernia repair
Hernia repair refers to a surgical operation for the correction of a hernia—a bulging of internal organs or tissues through the wall that contains it.
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Hiatal hernia
A hiatal hernia is a type of hernia in which abdominal organs (typically the stomach) slip through the diaphragm into the middle compartment of the chest.
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Human brain
The human brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system.
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Hydrocele
A hydrocele is an accumulation of serous fluid in a body cavity.
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Incisional hernia
An incisional hernia is a type of hernia caused by an incompletely-healed surgical wound.
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Inferior epigastric vessels
In human anatomy, inferior epigastric vessels refers to the inferior epigastric artery and inferior epigastric vein.
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Inflammation
Inflammation (from inflammatio) is part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants, and is a protective response involving immune cells, blood vessels, and molecular mediators.
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Inguinal hernia
An inguinal hernia is a protrusion of abdominal-cavity contents through the inguinal canal.
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Inguinal hernia surgery
Inguinal hernia surgery is an operation to repair a weakness in the abdominal wall that abnormally allows abdominal contents to slip into a narrow tube called the inguinal canal in the groin region.
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Inguinal ligament
The inguinal ligament (Poupart's ligament or groin ligament) is a band running from the pubic tubercle to the anterior superior iliac spine.
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Intracranial pressure
Intracranial pressure (ICP) is the pressure inside the skull and thus in the brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
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Jean Louis Petit
Jean-Louis Petit (13 March 1674 – 20 April 1750) was a French surgeon and the inventor of a screw-type tourniquet.
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Laparoscopy
Laparoscopy is an operation performed in the abdomen or pelvis through small incisions (usually 0.5–1.5 cm) with the aid of a camera.
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Laparotomy
A laparotomy is a surgical procedure involving a large incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity.
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Large intestine
The large intestine, also known as the large bowel or colon, is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates.
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Linea alba (abdomen)
The white line (linea alba) is a fibrous structure that runs down the midline of the abdomen in humans and other vertebrates.
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List of human positions
Human positions refer to the different physical configurations that the human body can take.
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Local anesthesia
Local anesthesia is any technique to induce the absence of sensation in a specific part of the body, generally for the aim of inducing local analgesia, that is, local insensitivity to pain, although other local senses may be affected as well.
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Lumbar
In tetrapod anatomy, lumbar is an adjective that means of or pertaining to the abdominal segment of the torso, between the diaphragm and the sacrum. The lumbar region is sometimes referred to as the lower spine, or as an area of the back in its proximity.
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Malnutrition
Malnutrition is a condition that results from eating a diet in which one or more nutrients are either not enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems.
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Maydl's hernia
Maydl's hernia (Hernia-in-W) is a rare type of hernia and may be lethal if undiagnosed.
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Meckel's diverticulum
A Meckel's diverticulum, a true congenital diverticulum, is a slight bulge in the small intestine present at birth and a vestigial remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct (also called the vitelline duct or yolk stalk).
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Mediastinum
The mediastinum (from Medieval Latin mediastinus, "midway") is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity surrounded by loose connective tissue, as an undelineated region that contains a group of structures within the thorax.
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Medical imaging
Medical imaging is the technique and process of creating visual representations of the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology).
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Nausea
Nausea or queasiness is an unpleasant sense of unease, discomfort, and revulsion towards food.
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Navel
The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus, colloquially known as the belly button, or tummy button) is a hollowed or sometimes raised area on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord.
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Nissen fundoplication
A Nissen fundoplication, or laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication when performed via laparoscopic surgery, is a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia.
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Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health.
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Obturator canal
The obturator canal is a passageway formed in the obturator foramen by part of the obturator membrane.
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Obturator hernia
An obturator hernia is a rare type of hernia of the pelvic floor in which pelvic or abdominal contents protrudes through the obturator foramen.
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Organ (anatomy)
Organs are collections of tissues with similar functions.
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Pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.
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Paraumbilical hernia
A paraumbilical (or umbilical) hernia is a protrusion of the abdominal contents, including mesenteric fat or bowel, through a weak point of the muscles or ligaments near the navel.
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Pediatric surgery
Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
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Perineal hernia
Perineal hernia is a hernia involving the perineum (pelvic floor).
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Peritoneal dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a type of dialysis that uses the peritoneum in a person's abdomen as the membrane through which fluid and dissolved substances are exchanged with the blood.
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Peritoneum
The peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity or coelom in amniotes and some invertebrates, such as annelids.
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Petit's hernia
Petit's hernia is a hernia that protrudes through the lumbar triangle.
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Physiology
Physiology is the scientific study of normal mechanisms, and their interactions, which work within a living system.
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Post herniorraphy pain syndrome
Post herniorrhaphy pain syndrome, or inguinodynia is pain or discomfort lasting greater than 3 months after surgery of inguinal hernia.
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Pregnancy
Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman.
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Proton-pump inhibitor
Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a group of drugs whose main action is a pronounced and long-lasting reduction of stomach acid production.
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Reduction (orthopedic surgery)
Reduction is a surgical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
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Richter's hernia
A Richter's hernia occurs when the antimesenteric wall of the intestine protrudes through a defect in the abdominal wall.
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Sciatic nerve
The sciatic nerve (also called ischiadic nerve, ischiatic nerve) is a large nerve in humans and animals.
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Sciatica
Sciatica is a medical condition characterized by pain going down the leg from the lower back.
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Scrotum
The scrotum is an anatomical male reproductive structure that consists of a suspended dual-chambered sack of skin and smooth muscle that is present in most terrestrial male mammals and located under the penis.
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Skull
The skull is a bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates.
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Smoking
Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream.
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Spigelian hernia
A Spigelian hernia (or lateral ventral hernia) is a hernia through the Spigelian fascia, which is the aponeurotic layer between the rectus abdominis muscle medially, and the semilunar line laterally.
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Spinal disc herniation
Spinal disc herniation, also known as a slipped disc, is a medical condition affecting the spine in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion to bulge out beyond the damaged outer rings.
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Standard anatomical position
Because animals can change orientation with respect to their environment, and because appendages (arms, legs, tentacles, etc.) can change position with respect to the main body, it is important that anatomical terms of location refer to the organism when it is in its standard anatomical position.
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Stoma (medicine)
In anatomy, a natural stoma is any opening in the body, such as the mouth.
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Stomach
The stomach (from ancient Greek στόμαχος, stomachos, stoma means mouth) is a muscular, hollow organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates.
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Superficial inguinal ring
The superficial inguinal ring (subcutaneous inguinal ring or external inguinal ring) is an anatomical structure in the anterior wall of the mammalian abdomen.
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Surgical emergency
Surgical emergency is a medical emergency for which immediate surgical intervention is the only way to solve the problem successfully.
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Testicle
The testicle or testis is the male reproductive gland in all animals, including humans.
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Thoracic diaphragm
For other uses, see Diaphragm (disambiguation). The thoracic diaphragm, or simply the diaphragm (partition), is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle in humans and other mammals that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity.
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Thorax
The thorax or chest (from the Greek θώραξ thorax "breastplate, cuirass, corslet" via thorax) is a part of the anatomy of humans and various other animals located between the neck and the abdomen.
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Transverse abdominal muscle
The transverse abdominal muscle (TVA), also known as the transverse abdominis, transversalis muscle and transversus abdominis muscle, is a muscle layer of the anterior and lateral (front and side) abdominal wall which is deep to (layered below) the internal oblique muscle.
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Truss (medicine)
In medicine, a truss is a kind of surgical appliance, particularly one used for hernia patients.
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Umbilical cord
In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta.
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Umbilical hernia
An umbilical hernia is a health condition where the abdominal wall behind the navel is damaged.
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Urinary bladder
The urinary bladder is a hollow muscular organ in humans and some other animals that collects and stores urine from the kidneys before disposal by urination.
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Vincent Bochdalek
Vincent Alexander Bochdalek (1801 – February 3, 1883) was a Bohemian anatomist and pathologist.
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Volvulus
A volvulus is when a loop of intestine twists around itself and the mesentery that supports it, resulting in a bowel obstruction.
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Vomiting
Vomiting, also known as emesis, puking, barfing, throwing up, among other terms, is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernia
