Abdominal Cavity Quotes

In the tissues generally, and in such a cavity as the abdomen, the pressure is everywhere and practically always very nearly atmospheric, and must be so, because the integuments give way very easily to any excess of pressure, whether positive or negative.

Never call a stomach a tummy without good reason.

DIAPHRAGM, n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels.

Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

They want you to bring out your intestines.

If you get a colonoscopy, you should really insist they give you no drugs - then you do get to see what it's like to swim through your own intestines.

They had me on the operating table all day. They looked into my stomach, my gall bladder, they examined everything inside of me. Know what they decided? I need glasses.

There is no good word for stomach; just as there is no good word for girlfriend. Stomach is to girlfriend as belly is to lover, and as abdomen is to consort, and as middle is to petite amie.