It continues to grow in length throughout pregnancy to about 3.5 centimeters at birth. The scrotum, which will later house the testes, forms from bulges located on either side of the developing penis. And at 12 weeks, baby’s prostate appears. By 20 weeks, the development o...
structures located on the sides of the urethra just below your prostate gland. These glands produce a clear, slippery fluid that empties directly into the urethra. This fluid serves to lubricate the urethra and to neutralize any acidity that may be present due to remaining drops of pee in the...
Theabdomen(most likely derived from the Latin wordabdodere= to conceal, to hide; possibly in the sense that whatever was eaten is hidden) is a body cavity lying between the chest and pelvis, limited by the diaphragm above and continuing into the pelvic cavity below. The abdomen is also ref...
PURPOSE: An abdomen massage equipment is provided to make the massage operation possible which is adapted in the arrangement direction of the organs located inside the abdominal cavity of human body, and to offer the control method of the equipment. CONSTITUTION: The abdomen massage equipment ...
The thin membranous tissue which partially covers the opening of the vagina is called hymen. Ovaries, uterus and vagina are internal genital organs. Ovaries are the primary female reproductive organs located in the lower abdomen. Uterus is also known as womb. It is an inverted pear-sh...
These are the 9 areas of the abdomen in medical terms and what they contain as well as the common causes of pain or illness in each of these areas or regions of the tummy. You would be use more precise medical terms when describing where your abdominal pain is located. ...
How are Abdominal Quadrants Defined in Medical Practice? The abdomen defines a region of the body located between the thorax (or chest) and the pelvis. It is separated from the thorax at the diaphragm and the pelvis at the beginning of the pelvic bones. This region is also referred to as...
The body wall forms the cylinder. The two tubes are the ventrally locatedalimentary canal(i.e., the digestive tract) and the dorsally located neural tube (i.e., the spinal cord). Between the tubes lies the rod—the notochord in the embryo, which becomes the vertebral column prior to bir...
its lower boundary is the upper plane of the pelvic cavity. Vertically it is enclosed by thevertebral columnand the abdominal and other muscles. The abdominal cavity contains the greater part of thedigestive tract, theliverandpancreas, thespleen, thekidneys, and theadrenal glandslocated above the...
Although humans are capable of living without the spleen, it has a number of important functions in the body. Located in the upper left section of the abdomen, it destroys old red blood cells, cleans the blood and helps to fight infection. It acts as a filter and when blood flows through...