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Situs inversus. Situs inversus causes the positions of the heart and lungs to be mirrored. Situs inversus (also called situs transversus or oppositus) is a congenital condition in which the major visceral organs are reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. The normal arrangement of internal organs is known as situs solitus.
What Organs on the Right Side of the Body Can Cause Pain? Dr. Wasan shares that there are several organs located on the right side of the body that can cause pain, including the lungs, gallbladder ...
Dextrocardia (from Latin dextro 'right hand side' and Greek kardia 'heart') is a rare congenital condition in which the apex of the heart is located on the right side of the body, rather than the more typical placement towards the left. [ 1] There are two main types of dextrocardia: dextrocardia of embryonic arrest (also known as isolated ...
Organ (biology) In a multicellular organism, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function. [ 1] In the hierarchy of life, an organ lies between tissue and an organ system. Tissues are formed from same type cells to act together in a function. Tissues of different types combine to form an organ which ...
Anatomical terminology. [ edit on Wikidata] The human abdomen is divided into quadrants and regions by anatomists and physicians for the purposes of study, diagnosis, and treatment. [ 1][ 2] The division into four quadrants allows the localisation of pain and tenderness, scars, lumps, and other items of interest, narrowing in on which organs ...
The heart is a muscular organ situated in the mediastinum.It consists of four chambers, four valves, two main arteries (the coronary arteries), and the conduction system. The left and right sides of the heart have different functions: the right side receives de-oxygenated blood through the superior and inferior venae cavae and pumps blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery, and the left ...
Human anatomy. This article contains a list of organs in the human body. It is widely believed that there are 79 organs (this number goes up if you count each bone and muscle as an organ on their own, which is becoming a more common practice [ 1][ 2] ); however, there is no universal standard definition of what constitutes an organ, and some ...
Contralateral brain. The contralateral organization of the forebrain ( Latin: contra‚ against; latus‚ side; lateral‚ sided) is the property that the hemispheres of the cerebrum and the thalamus represent mainly the contralateral side of the body. Consequently, the left side of the forebrain mostly represents the right side of the body ...