The abdomen (belly) is the part of the body below the thorax, containing the digestive organs.
In insects the abdomen is the hind part of the body and is characterized by the absence of limbs.
In mammals, the female reproductive organs are in the abdomen.
A lobster's nervous system is located in its abdomen.
Scorpions breathe through four pairs of book lungs on the underside of their abdomen.
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| Anatomy of the human abdomen, by Ties van Brussel |
In insects the abdomen is the hind part of the body and is characterized by the absence of limbs.
In mammals, the female reproductive organs are in the abdomen.
A lobster's nervous system is located in its abdomen.
Scorpions breathe through four pairs of book lungs on the underside of their abdomen.
In 1809 an American surgeon, Ephraim McDowell, performed the first successful ovariotomy on 47-year-old Jane Todd Crawford, removing a twenty-pound tumorous ovary without the patient incurring any infection. Despite never having obtained a medical degree McDowell became known as the best surgeon west of Philadelphia and gained a reputation as the "father of abdominal surgery."
The scar on comic actor Will Ferrell's abdomen is from a surgery he had as a baby to treat pyloric stenosis.
Source Hutchinson Encyclopedia
The scar on comic actor Will Ferrell's abdomen is from a surgery he had as a baby to treat pyloric stenosis.
Source Hutchinson Encyclopedia
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