Sentences with phrase «abdominal wall which»

«The transverse abdominal muscle (TA), 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.

Lymphedema refers to the chronic swelling of tissue in extremities and the abdominal wall which can result from infection, surgery, and conventional cancer treatments such as radiation.

Not exact matches

The separation of the abdominal muscle, which can be identified while pregnant or after birth, causes back pain and a weak abdominal wall.

Plus, the stretch that was placed on the abdominal wall by the expanded uterus during pregnancy has been suddenly released in labor, leaving the abdominal muscles and surrounding skin lengthened and somewhat loose, which all contribute to that still - pregnant - belly look.

Uterine rupture — when the uterine wall is torn, which could allow the baby or placenta to be pushed into the mother's abdominal cavity

Obese women carry three or more inches of fat on the abdominal wall, which will limit the waves to pass inside; therefore limiting the defects to be identified.

The abdominal region harbors still another kind of fat, which lies outside the abdominal wall, just under the skin.

Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, which delivers therapy directly to cancers that have spread to the abdominal wall, is another advanced treatment available at NYU Langone Hospital — Brooklyn.

Deemsy explained that we wouldn't be doing any crunches or reverse crunches because those types of ab exercises require spinal flexion, which can increase tension on the abdominal wall, causing the left and right sides to separate even more.

Well, not unless they are done in a certain way, in which they can engage the entire abdominal wall and fully stretch it, thus putting a great deal of tension on the lower abs with weighted reps.. This exercise is a variation on the standard rope crunches, this time using a D - handle instead of the rope on the cable machine.

(3) On the other hand, it seems possible that the external pressure from the abdominal compression might increase internal pressure (of the stool on the abdominal walls), which, in turn, can facilitate the peristaltic reflex.

There is a fibrous tissue which thins, widens and stretches around a women's growing belly in response to the uterus pushing against the abdominal wall.

Which means that even if you don't gain weight, you waistline can grow by inches as the visceral fat pushes out against your abdominal wall.

This surgery can be done laparoscopically, in which doctors insert a laparoscope — a thin, lighted tube — into a small incision in the abdominal wall.

This condition is characterized by impaired coordination between pelvic floor (e.g., puborectalis) relaxation and abdominal wall motion, which is necessary for normal defecation.

Not only does this habit cramp baby's style in utero (which might have had something to do with why my two babies decided to present not head, but feet first at delivery), but it also increases pressure on the abdominal wall, which can play a role in the development of diastasis recti.

Laparoscopy (also used to help diagnose endometriosis): A minor surgical procedure in which a laparoscope, a thin tube with a lens and a light, is inserted into an incision in the abdominal wall; using the laparoscope to see into the pelvic area, the doctor can often remove the endometrial growths.

The three muscles of the lateral abdominal wall — the internal oblique, the external oblique, and the transverse abdominis — have fibrous connections that create the rectus sheath, which crosses over and under the rectus abdominis.

In some cases, the wall of the gallbladder is damaged, and bile leaks into the abdomen causing severe abdominal infection and inflammation, which can be fatal.

At the time of surgery, the stomach is sutured to the inside of the abdominal wall (called gastropexy) which prevents recurrence of the twisting.

Risk factors for stomach or abdominal problems include any dogs that take corticosteroids or anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), eating garbage or other unusual foods (pancreatitis), eating a foreign body which causes an obstruction, injury to the abdomen and a hernia, which is a bulge in the wall of the abdomen.

Further diagnostic procedures include X-rays or ultrasounds of the abdominal area, which may demonstrate a large prostate, foreign bodies, thickening of the bladder walls, or kidney stones.

Cystocentesis is the process of using a sterile needle, which is passed through the abdominal wall and into the bladder, withdrawing the urine directly into a sterile syringe.

If the stomach ruptures, a condition call peritonitis can occur, which is an inflammation of the membrane that lines the wall of the abdomen and covers the abdominal organs.