Abdominal

(ab-dom'-in-al). Pertaining to or connected with the abdomen. A. Aneurysm. See Aneurysm . A. Aorta. See Artery . A. Aponeurosis. See Aponeurosis . A. Brain, the solar plexus. A. Compre , a form of local pack, made by forming folds of a coarse linen towel of sufficient breadth to reach from the ensiform cartilage to the pubis; one of the folds is then wrung out of cold water, applied, and the remainder is rolled around the body so as to retain it in position. A. Ganglia. See Ganglia. A. Gestation. See Pregnancy , Extrauterine. A. Hysteria, an hysterical condition simulating peritonitis, in which the abdomen becomes extremely painful to the touch, swollen, and distended with gas, attended with temporary rise of temperature. A. Line, the line a alba. A. Muscles, the internal and external obliques, the transversal is. rectus, pyramidal is, and quadratus lumborum. See Muscles, Table of. A. Pore, a name applied to the openings connecting the peritoneal cavity of a few fishes with the uri no-genital cloaca, and employed in the outward transportation of the See Prelum Pre . generative products. for diagnostic purposes, by inspection, palpation, measurement, percu ion, etc. Abdominous (ab-dom' -in-us). Having a large abdomen. Abduce (ab-dus'). To draw away, as by an abductor muscle. Abducens (ab-du'-senz). A term applied to certain muscles, or their nerves, that draw the related part from the median line of the body. Also, the sixth pair of nerves supplying the external recti of the eye. A. oculi. See Muscles, Table of. Abducent (ab-du' -sent). See Abducms. Abduct (ab-dukt'). To draw, or cause to move, away from the median line, whether of the body or of a limb. Abduction (ab-duk' -shuii), I. The withdrawal of a part from the axis of the body, or of a limb. 2. The rece ion or separation from each other of the parts of a fractured bone. 3. A. of the Eyes, the power of the external recti, measured by the maximum ability to preserve singlene of the image with prisms placed bases toward the nose. It is commonly from 6° to 8°. See, also Adduction. Abductor (ab-duk' -tor). Same as Abducens, a. v. A. Auris. See Muscles, Table of.