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PELVIC CAVITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and containing the pelvic viscera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pelvic cavity" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

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 Context examples: 

The organ is supported in the pelvic cavity by the broad ligaments, round ligaments, cardinal ligaments, and rectouterine and vesicouterine folds or ligaments.

(Murine Corpus Uteri, NCI Thesaurus)

The movement of the fetus led by the presenting part into the maternal pelvic cavity during active labor.

(Fetal Descent, NCI Thesaurus)

Having to do with the parietal peritoneum (the tissue that lines the abdominal wall and pelvic cavity) and visceral peritoneum (the tissue that covers most of the organs in the abdomen, including the intestines).

(Peritoneal, NCI Dictionary)