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| THE SEROUS MEMBRANE LINING THE WALLS OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. |
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| A HERNIA THAT RESULTS FROM AN ACQUIRED WEAKNESS IN THE INGUINAL FLOOR. |
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| A TERM REFERRING TO THE REGION OF THE ABDOMEN ABOVE THE UMBILICUS. |
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| PROTRUSION OF THE VISCERA OUTSIIDE THE BODY AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA OR WOUND DISRUPTION. |
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| IN THE ABDOMEN, A TOUGH, FIBROUS TISSUE LAYER BETWEEN THE PARIETAL PERITONEUM AND MUSCLE LAYERS. |
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| A PROTRUSION OF TISSUE UNDER THE SKIN THROUGH A WEAKENED AREA OF THE BODY WALL. |
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| THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE, THE INGUINAL LIGAMENT, AND THE INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC VESSELS. THIS REGION IS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH INGUINAL HERNIAS. |
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| A TERM REFERRING TO THE REGION OF THE ABDOMEN BELOW THE STOMACH. |
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| HERNIATED TISSUE THAT IS TRAPPED IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT. IT REQUIRES EMERGENCY SURGERY TO PREVENT ISCHEMIA AND TISSUE NECROSIS. |
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| A HERNIA THAT PROTRUDES INTO THE MEMBRANOUS SAC OF THE SPERMATIC CORD. THIS CONDITION USUALLY IS DUE TO A CONGENITAL DEFECT IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL. |
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| A STRIP OF AVASCULAR TISSUE THAT FOLLOWS THE MIDLINE AND EXTENDS FROM THE PUBIS TO THE XYPHOID PROCESS |
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| AN INCISION IN WHICH THE OBLIQUE RIGHT MUSCLE IS MANUALLY SPIT TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF THE APPENDIX. |
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| A PLIABLE SYNTHETIC OR BIOSYNTHETIC MATERIAL USED TO BRIDGE THE TISSUE EDGES OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL. IT IS USED DURING HERNIA REPAIR. |
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| AN ABDOMINAL INCISION LYING PARALLEL TO THE MIDLINE. |
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| THE LOWER ABDOMINAL CAVITY, WHIC CONTAINS THE BLADDER, UTERUS, AND ADNEXA. |
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| A TRANSVERSE INCISION BELOW THE UMBILICUS AND JUST ABOVE THE PUBIS; IT GENERALLY IS USED FOR PELVIC SURGERY. |
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| FOUR DESIGNATED REGIONS OF THE ABDOMEN. |
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| A HERNIA IN WHICH ABDOMINAL TISSUE HAS BECOME TRAPPED BETWEEN THE LAYERS OF AN ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT. IT USUALLY BECOMES SWOLLEN AS A RESULT OF VENOUS CONGESTION. LACK OF BLOOD SUBBPY CAN LEAD TO TISSUE NECROSIS. |
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| A TERM REFERRING TO THE AREA OF THE ABDOMEN THAT FOLLOWS THE SLOPE OF THE TENTH COSTAL CARTILAGE. |
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| THE FATTY (ADIPOSE) TISSUE LAYER LYING DIRECTLY UNDER THE SKIN OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL AND OTHER AREAS OF THE BODY. |
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| AN INCISION THAT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE MIDDLINE OF THE BODY. |
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| A WEAKNESS IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL, USUALLY RESULTING IN PROTRUSION OF ABDOMINAL VESCERA AGAINST THE PERITONEUM AND ABDOMINAL FASCIA |
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| THE ORGANS OT TISSUE OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. |
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