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Serous sac lining the abdominal cavity and covering most of the organs inside it.
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Topics Related To Peritoneum
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| Gastric/Peptic/Duodenal Ulcers | Relationship to Peritonitis
"...Bacteria and partially digested food can spill through the opening into the sterile abdominal cavity, called the peritoneum..."
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Intestinal Obstruction |
The Condition
"...Increased serum amylase indicates bowel infarction, secondary pancreatitis, and leakage of pancreatic amylase into the peritoneum and bloodstream..."
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Peritonitis |
The Condition
"The peritoneum is the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers organs..."
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Last updated: May 10, 2007
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