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Is the organs of any cavity referred to as the viscera?
Yes.
What serous membrane covers the surface of the abdominal organs?
Viscera denotes the organs in the body cavities. (The heart confined in the Pericardial cavity, the lungs in the Pleural cavity, and the abdominal organs in the Peritoneal cavity). Visceral membrane (visceral serosa) covers those organs.
What is the peritoneum?
The peritoneum is a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the visceraPeritoneum is the membrane around abdominal organs.
What does vasodilation in the skin and viscera result from?
relaxation of smooth muscle in the arterioles
Is the abnominopelvic cavity anterior to the spinal cavity?
Yes, the abdominopelvic cavity is anterior to the spinal cavity.
What is the collective name for the contents of our ventral cavity?
the viscera
What term mean organs inside the ventral body cavity?
term for organs inside ventral cavity
Is the organs of any cavity referred to as the viscera?
Yes.
What is a collection of vital organs in the chest?
thoracic cavity
General term for organs in the body cavities especially in the ventral cavity?
Viscera
What are viscera?
Viscera defines the organs in the cavity of the body especially the abdomen. The diagnosis of these visceral parts of the body helps detect various abdominal diseases.
What is a peritoneum?
A peritoneum is the serous membrane in mammals which lines the cavity of the abdomen and is folded over the viscera.
What serous membrane covers the surface of the abdominal organs?
Viscera denotes the organs in the body cavities. (The heart confined in the Pericardial cavity, the lungs in the Pleural cavity, and the abdominal organs in the Peritoneal cavity). Visceral membrane (visceral serosa) covers those organs.
What does the visceral membrane cover?
Viscera denotes the organs in the body cavities. (The heart confined in the Pericardial cavity, the lungs in the Pleural cavity, and the abdominal organs in the Peritoneal cavity). Visceral membrane (visceral serosa) covers those organs. More info could be find on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serosa
What does visceral mean in medical term?
Internal organs are collectively called the Viscera (vis' er-ah; viscus = an organ in a body cavity) or Visceral organs. The Viscera covers and lines hollow organs in the body.
What peritoneum lines the body wall?
The abdominal cavity holds the bulk of the viscera. It is lined with a protective membrane termed the peritoneum. The front of the viscera is covered with a layer of peritoneum called the greater omentum.
What is thecollective namefor the contentsof our ventralcavity?
the viscera
