Sentences with phrase «abdominal cavity for»

Your veterinarian is trained to feel your pet's abdominal cavity for enlarged organs, masses, or other changes.

However, as you lie on your back, and the body lengthens out and the torso becomes symmetrical, the phrenic nerve opens up, allowing room in the abdominal cavity for the diaphragm to work.

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Even though increases in both types of fat were linked to new and worsening cardiovascular disease risk factors, the relationship was even more pronounced for fat inside the abdominal cavity compared to fat just under the skin.

UT Southwestern has been a pioneer in identifying opportunities for minimally invasive surgery in several other areas, including efforts to develop magnetically controlled surgical instruments to reduce the number of entry ports into abdominal cavities.

I explored every portion of the abdominal cavity, seeking an instigating factor for the imminent intestinal gangrene, but when I had concluded my probing and peering, I knew no more than I had at the outset.

Once inside a human host, the larvae will penetrate the stomach wall and live in the abdominal cavity, growing for three months before mating.

During the slaughter of birds, the viscera (organs and intestines) are removed from the abdominal cavity, and it is quite common for fluid from the intestinal tract (containing bacteria, and often, salmonella) to spill out onto the abdominal cavity wall, thus contaminating the carcass.

Common reasons for your veterinarian to perform a centesis are for therapeutic purposes, such as removing large volumes of fluid from the chest or abdominal cavities to alleviate discomfort or stress, or for diagnostic purposes to attempt to gain fluid from a body cavity or organ to evaluate for testing.

Videofluoroscopy — This is a method for combining advanced X-ray and video technologies to create a motion study of the cervical spine (neck) and abdominal cavity to help diagnose a range of medical issues.

Because Sammy hadn't been treated for the accident, «his abdominal organs had made their way into the thoracic cavity through the tear in the diaphragm,» says Michael.