It envelops, in a greater or less degree, all the viscera in the cavity and forms folds by which they are connected with each other, or are attached to the posterior wall.
The various serous membranes are the pleura which envelops the lungs; the pericardium which surrounds the heart; the peritoneum which invests the viscera of the abdomen, and the arachnoid in the spinal canal and cranial cavity.
A certain part of the systemic or greater circulation is often called the portal circulation, which consists of the flow of the blood from the abdominal viscera through the portal vein and liver to the hepatic vein.
He has thus but performed a cruel murder, and has not learned what the viscera of a living man are like.
For if there happen any inward pain, he who has not learned where the viscera and intestines are placed, cannot know where the pain is; nor can the diseased part be cured by one who does not know what part it is.
Again, if the viscera of any one are exposed by a wound, he who is ignorant of the natural colour of that part in the healthy state cannot know whether it be sound or corrupted, and therefore cannot cure the corrupted part.
One school says that 'it is necessary to dissect the bodies of the dead, and to examine their viscera and intestines.
In quadrupeds the main weight of the abdominal viscera is supported by the ribs and by strong pectoral and abdominal muscles.
It would be well to look for the entozoaires or helminthes of different animals and send them, declaring at the same time the animal and viscera whence the worm is extracted.
The large kinds shall be dried, by taking care first to take out the viscera that are under the shell; but the crustacees preserved in this manner are extremely fragile and it is rare to preserve them entire.
The viscera of the abdomen completely fill this region, and transmit to the pelvic organs all the impressions made upon them by the diaphragm and abdominal walls.
The thoracic viscera gravitate according to the position of the body.
Of these two layers, the abdominal viscera form for themselves a double envelope.
In order to admit of full inspiration and pulmonary expansion, the abdominal viscera recede in the same ratio as the lungs dilate.
The aorta, for an extent included between these latter boundaries, is named the abdominal aorta, and from its fore part arise those branches, which supply the viscera of the abdomen.
The thoracic viscera lie so closely to one another, that they respectively influence the form and dimensions of each other.
The branches which spring from the abdominal aorta to supply the visceraof this region, are considerable, both as to their number and size.
The fluid of ascites and that of the ovarian dropsy affect the position of the abdominal viscera variously In ascites, the fluid gravitates to whichever side the body inclines, and it displaces the moveable viscera towards the opposite side.
In addition to this gravitating force, another power impels the viscera from above downwards--namely, that of the muscles of the trunk, and the principal agent amongst these is the diaphragm.
And it must be added, that the natural form of the internal surface of the groin is such as to guide the viscera under pressure directly against those parts which are the weakest.
In this chapter we shall confine our attention to the process as it affects the limbs and superficial parts, leaving gangrene of the viscera to be described in regional surgery.
The health may be impaired as a result of mixed infection, and the absorption of toxins and waxy degeneration in the viscera may ultimately be induced.
Thus the subjects of the animal kingdom have organs of sense and organs of motion and members and viscera that are actuated by brains, hearts, and lungs.
Animals of every kind have limbs by which they move, organs by which they feel, and viscera by which these are exercised; these they have in common with man.
The same is true of the rest of the combinations, bundlings and groupings out of which the organs and viscera are made up; for these are compositions of fibers and vessels variously put together according to like degrees.
The motor fibers in every muscle, the fibers in every nerve, also the fibers and the little vessels in all viscera and organs, are in such an order.
Thy correspondence of the internal viscera of the body, especially of the stomach, thymus gland, the receptacle and ducts of the chyle and lacteals, and of the mesentery (n.
The viscera of the abdomen were extensively congested, with slight effusion into the peritoneal cavity.
The abdominal viscera in general appeared healthy; slight effusion into the cavity of the peritoneum.
The cavity of the abdomen much distended from ascites; the contained fluid was to the extent of about six Scotch pints of a straw colour; the viscera much compressed, and matted together, with light brown exudation.
Edema of the viscera is a most serious complication.
This consists of the passage of any of the abdominal viscera through a rent in the diaphragm (midriff) into the cavity of the thorax.
Peritonitis is an inflammation of the serous membrane lining the cavity of and covering the viscera contained within the abdomen.
To obtain our object, we dismiss painful or exciting thoughts, keep the viscera in health, so that they may not force themselves upon our attention, and render the sense organs quiet by seeking darkness, silence and warmth.
The state of the viscera must be attended to; collections of matter must be evacuated; and all other untoward symptoms must be actively met, and their consequences either adverted or got over as far as possible.
Whilst turning over and removing the abdominal viscera of one of them, he had scratched his finger slightly with a pin stuck in his jacket, and he then perceived that the contact of some putrid matter from the intestines caused great pain.
When the distention is great, this important muscle is displaced; it is pushed downwards, carrying before it the viscera in the upper part of the abdomen; it is thus removed far from the place at which the incision is usually made.
In one case, the abdomen was, after two or three dry tappings, opened by an incision from the ensiform cartilage to the pubes; the viscera were turned over and over, but no tumour could be discovered.
Many have lost their lives from blows otherwise not dangerous; and even straining at stool is sufficient to force additional portions of viscera into the neck of the sac, and thereby induce most serious distress.
But the viscera are equally pressed on in every position of the body; it is not they, but the external parts, that are affected by change of posture.
Also, right portions of the viscera occasionally escape on the left side of the parietes, and the left at the right.
But if I were to open it, and take out the viscera only, leaving the white flesh, I should perceive that the lobster could bend and extend its tail as well as before.
But if the viscera are removed from the body, as we remove them, the shade lives on without food almost: its own body, embalmed and filled with plants which are strongly fragrant, suffices it for millions of years.
When the larger portion of the charred viscera found in the urn was burned, to reduce it to ashes, the natives standing by exclaimed—“A majestic shade ascends amid the smoke!
He carried the pelvicviscera in his pocket to the class-room.
The minute structure of the viscera lay in the mists of an uncertain microscopic vision.
Such changes and variations occur in the other viscera of the body and in their parts, too, by which the blood and the animal juices are received and transmitted.
We have said that heaven is divided into as many societies as there are organs, viscera and members in man; and in these no part can be in any place but its own.
From the heart it is carried into the lungs, from them through the left ventricle of the heart into the aorta, and from this by its branches to viscera throughout the body and also to the kidneys.
These growths, in the viscera and other parts, which are so characteristic of syphilis in its later stages, are known as gummata.
The sac lining the abdominal cavity and covering most of the viscera therein contained.
In contrasting the heart with the other viscera he appears to have overlooked the existence of the coronary vessels, and to have imagined that the nutrition of the heart was effected directly by the blood in its cavities.
Make full notes of the condition of the various body cavities and of the viscera immediately the autopsy is completed; and add the result of the microscopical and cultural investigation when available.
Return theviscera to the abdominal cavity; draw the flaps of skin together and secure with Michel's steel clips.
Observe the condition of the omentum, the mesentery, the viscera and the peritoneal surface of the intestines.
The viscera are distorted and displaced in accordance with the altered shape of the thoracic and abdominal cavities.
Should these or any other of the pelvic viscera be damaged, such injuries must first receive attention.
Metastasis to the liver, lungs, and other viscera is exceptional.
The pelvic viscera may be lacerated by the tearing asunder of the bones, or perforated by sharp fragments, or they may be ruptured by the same violence as that causing the fracture.
The worms, in almost every case, had attained such a size that they far exceeded in bulk the entire viscera of their host.
They fasten themselves at the throats of large fishes, work their way into the muscle without tearing the skin, and finally once inside devour all the muscles of the fish, leaving the skin unbroken and the viscera undisturbed.
In no case should the viscera of fish be thrown back into the water.
The same remark which was made in another connection with regard to the disposal of the viscera of fish applies here.
To accomplish this purpose it is provided with a bottom or floor, which is to give this necessary support, not only to the organs that the pelvic cavity contains but also to the abdominal viscera that are superimposed upon them.
Who has thought that the viscera of the abdomen were playing as important a part in breathing as the lungs?
Who has, in fine, thought that the viscera of the abdomen together with those of the thorax were primarily instrumental in producing the voice and vocal utterance?
She was hopping all over that ship in her yachting skirt and a red tam o' shanter like a bright bird on a dead black tree.
His wound was not dangerous, but his life was forfeited.
Some Sporocysts send out numerous branches amongst the viscera of their hosts.
The remaining viscera of the mother are next reduced to a finely granular material, which serves for the nutrition of the young forms which continue to live in the maternal skin.
One of them forms part of the body wall and is known as the somatic mesoblast, the other forms part of the wall of the viscera and is known as the splanchnic mesoblast.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "viscera" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
