Preferred Label : anterior abdominal wall;
Uberon definition : The abdominal wall represents the boundaries of the abdominal cavity. The abdominal
wall is split into the posterior (back), lateral (sides) and anterior (front) walls.
There is a common set of layers covering and forming all the walls: the deepest being
the extraperitoneal fat, the parietal peritoneum, and a layer of fascia which has
different names over where it covers (eg transversalis, psoas fascia). Superficial
to these, but not present in the posterior wall are the three layers of muscle, the
transversus abdominis (transverse abdominal muscle), the internal (obliquus internus)
and the external oblique (obliquus externus).;
Uberon synonym : ventral abdominal wall;
Origin ID : 0006635;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
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The abdominal wall represents the boundaries of the abdominal cavity. The abdominal
wall is split into the posterior (back), lateral (sides) and anterior (front) walls.
There is a common set of layers covering and forming all the walls: the deepest being
the extraperitoneal fat, the parietal peritoneum, and a layer of fascia which has
different names over where it covers (eg transversalis, psoas fascia). Superficial
to these, but not present in the posterior wall are the three layers of muscle, the
transversus abdominis (transverse abdominal muscle), the internal (obliquus internus)
and the external oblique (obliquus externus).
