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abdominal cavity

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The part of the ventral body cavity that is within the abdomen proper (excluding the pelvic cavity). [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]

Term info

Label

abdominal cavity

Synonyms
  • cavity of abdominal compartment
  • cavity of compartment of abdomen
  • space of abdominal compartment
database cross reference
Subsets

efo_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Scheme_body_cavities-en.svg

external ontology notes

in FMA this contains the pelvic cavity, but this is inconsistent with the concept of abdominopelvic cavity

has related synonym

cavitas abdominis

id

UBERON:0003684