Trauma Imaging in the Thorax and Abdomen

Anatomical Dissection: Thorax and Abdomen

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Applied anatomy of the thorax and abdomen

The thoracic spine has a primary dorsal convexity (Fig. 1) associated with intrauterine life – a phylogenetic kyphosis – whereas the cervical and lumbar spine have a compensatory lordosis. The 12 thoracic vertebrae are intermediate in size between those in the cervical and lumbar regions. They are composed of a vertebral body – a cylindrical ventral mass of bone – continuing posteriorly into a ...

On Wounds of the Thorax and Abdomen

man having been shot through the body, while bloody sputa seemed to prove the fact, and in reality rendered the same measures, to a certain extent, necessary. Ball or bayonet wounds of the thoracic integuments require great attention from the danger of inflammation spreading to the pleura, or subjacent viscera, or of troublesome abscesses forming. " When a ball (says this able surgeon) has frac...

Ultrasound of the Thorax and Abdomen in the Foal

Ultrasonography in the neonate may be used in the initial evaluation to determine an anatomic location of sepsis or to evaluate for traumatic injury secondary to dystocia. It is often the first diagnostic tool applied after the physical evaluation of the foal. Author’s address: School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland 4343, Australia; e-mail: [email protected]. ...

In-depth: Ultrasound of the Thorax and Abdomen