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  1. evisceration
    displacement of organs outside the body
  2. flank
    the region of the lower rib cage
  3. guarding
    contracting the stomach muscles
  4. hematuria
    presence of blood in the urine
  5. hollow organs
    structures through which materials pass: stomach, intestines, bladder
  6. peritoneal cavity
    abdominal cavity
  7. peritonitis
    inflammation of abdominal cavity
  8. solid organs
    masses of tissue where chemical work takes place: liver spleen pancreas
  9. supine hypotensive syndrome
    drop in blood pressure caused when a pregnant woman lays supine obstructing the vena cava.
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