Abdominal Wall

"Abdominal Wall" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The outer margins of the ABDOMEN, extending from the osteocartilaginous thoracic cage to the PELVIS. Though its major part is muscular, the abdominal wall consists of at least seven layers: the SKIN, subcutaneous fat, deep FASCIA; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, transversalis fascia, extraperitoneal fat, and the parietal PERITONEUM.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Abdominal Wall" by people in this website by year, and whether "Abdominal Wall" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 99 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2018
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