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Surgical Anatomy

[These are words that your doctor might sometimes use to explain certain surgical approaches and options. ]
These are words that your doctor might sometimes use to explain certain surgical approaches and options.
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Abdomen

The part of the trunk that lies between the thorax and the pelvis. This anatomical term does not include the vertebral region posteriorly but is considered by some anatomists to include the pelvis (abdominopelvic cavity).

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Abduct

To move away from the median plane

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Aberrant

Wandering off or differing from the normal. This term is used of certain ducts, vessels, or neves deviating from the normal course or pattern.

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Abscess

A collection of purulent exudate that appears in an acute or chronic localized infection that is circumscribed by the body's defense systems. This cavity is also caused by tissue destruction and frequently associated with swelling and other signs of inflammation.

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Accessory

In anatomy, denoting certain muscles, nerves, glands that are supernumerary to some similar body part often sharing a similar function

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Adduct

To draw toward the median plane

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Adenopathy

Swelling or morbid enlargement of the lymph nodes.

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Adhesion

Inflammatory bands that connect opposing serous surfaces- In the abdomen these connections make the loops of intestine stick together which make operations more difficult and more dangerous

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Adrenal Gland

A gland near or upon the kidney that produces hormones that affect sex, sugar and salt balance

Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Adventitia

The outermost connective tissue covering of any organ, vessel, or other structure not covered by a serosa

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