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abdomen

Identification
Official Latin term abdomen
Official term abdomen
Unit identifier TAH:U62
Unit type single
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit abdomen
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: partes principales corporis humani Short Extended
Level 3: truncus
Taxonomic links Level 1: divisio partis principalis corporis humani Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: divisio trunci
Language combinations
Taxonomic definition
Encyclopedic definition that portion of the body which lies between the thorax and the pelvis; it contains a cavity (abdominal cavity) separated by the diaphragm from the thoracic cavity above, and by the plane of the pelvic inlet from the pelvic cavity below, and lined with a serous membrane, the peritoneum. This cavity contains the abdominal viscera and is enclosed by a wall (abdominal wall) formed by the abdominal muscles, vertebral column, and the ilia. Called also belly and venter. It is divided into nine regions by four imaginary lines projected onto the anterior wall (see illustration); two of the lines pass horizontally around the body (the upper at the level of the cartilages of the ninth ribs, the lower at the tops of the crests of the ilia), and two extend vertically on each side of the body from the cartilage of the eighth rib to the center of the inguinal ligament. The regions are: three upper—right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac; three middle—right lateral, umbilical, left lateral; and three lower—right inguinal, pubic, left inguinal.
Taxonomic definition The abdomen is a subdivision of anterior part of trunk [divisio partis anterioris trunci ] which is spatially associated with the lumbar column and surrounded by skin, superiorly demarcated from the thorax by the diaphragm and inferiorly by the plane of the superior pelvic aperture.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
corpus humanum top
TAH:U9611
corpus humanum SOS
TAH:U9602
partes principales corporis humani XOS
TAH:U59
truncus SOX
TAH:U62 abdomen SOS
TAH:U9626
umbilicus SOS
TAH:U17675
epigastrium SOS
TAH:U17676
hypochondrium (par) UOS
TAH:U17677
hypogastrium SOS
TAH:U17678
latus (par) UOS
Total
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Taxonomy
Date: 14.06.2026