TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Abdomen A1 - Sonne, James W.H. PY - 2020 T2 - Photographic Dissector for Students of Physical Therapy: A Step-by-Step Approach AB - The abdominal cavity, the region below the diaphragm and above the pelvic brim, contains the various organs of the digestive tract, including the liver and spleen, which filter the substances absorbed by the GI tract into the vascular blood stream, and the kidneys that maintain the physiological balance of the blood. Upon opening the anterior abdominal wall, you will be faced with a large sheet of adipose tissue, an apron-like structure of mesentery called the greater omentum. This tissue holds energy in the form of lipids stored in fat cells, as well as housing immune cells within the connective tissue. Once you displace the greater omentum you will see the sinuous nature of the digestive tract, which is a natural result of the developmental process of elongation, physiological herniation, and retraction as the gut tube forms and the anterior abdominal wall closes. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174512493 ER -