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- Bauchhöhle | Cavitas abdominalis
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- Definition anatomischer Raum, der die Bauchorgane beherbergt Reference "DocCheckFlexikon, s. v. „Bauchhöhle“, http://flexikon.doccheck.com/de/Bauchh%C3%B6hle (10.10.2017)"
- abdominal cavity
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- Definition the largest hollow space of the body. Its upper boundary is the diaphragm, a sheet of muscle and connective tissue that separates it from the chest cavity; its lower boundary is the upper plane of the pelvic cavity. Vertically it is enclosed by the vertebral column and the abdominal and other muscles. The abdominal cavity contains the greater part of the digestive tract, the liver and pancreas, the spleen, the kidneys, and the adrenal glands located above the kidneys. Reference "Encyclopedia Britannica Online. abdominal cavity http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/852/abdominal-cavity [6.5.2010]"
- Comment Not to be confused with the peritoneal cavity, which is the space between the visceral and parietal peritoneum [a membrane that covers not only the inside wall of the cavity (parietal peritoneum) but also every organ or structure contained in it (visceral peritoneum) of the abdominal cavity].