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Two anatomical illustrations of the human abdomen: the left shows labeled abdominal organs including liver, stomach, intestines, and rectum, while the right shows the same area covered by the greater omentum. Detailed anatomical illustration of the human abdominal wall from an anterior view, showing labeled muscles, ligaments, blood vessels, nerves, fascia, and the diaphragm at the top, with the urinary bladder at the bottom.
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Two anatomical illustrations of the human abdomen: the left shows labeled abdominal organs including liver, stomach, intestines, and rectum, while the right shows the same area covered by the greater omentum.
Abdominal organs The organs located in the abdominal cavity are supported and protected by the bones of the pelvis and rib cage and are covered by the greater omentum, a fold of peritoneum that consists mainly of fat.

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abdominal cavity, largest hollow space of the body. Its upper boundary is the diaphragm, a sheet of muscle and connective tissue that separates it from the chest cavity; its lower boundary is the upper plane of the pelvic cavity. Vertically it is enclosed by the vertebral column and the abdominal and other muscles. The abdominal cavity contains the greater part of the digestive tract, the liver and pancreas, the spleen, the kidneys, and the adrenal...

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