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contracts and flattens, displacing the viscera and producing an outward movement of the upper abdominal wall (epigastric region). It is a convergence of the diaphragm and the abdominals, so that "when both sets of muscles (diaphragm and abdominals) tense, the epigastrium pushes forward". Therefore,
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Struller, Florian; Weinreich, Frank-Jürgen; Horvath, Philipp; Kokkalis, Marios-Konstantinos; Beckert, Stefan; Königsrainer, Alfred; Reymond, Marc A. (2017-12-01).
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the epigastric region is not a muscle nor is it an organ, but it is a zone of activity where the actions of the
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William Vennard, "Singing, the Mechanism and the Technique", 5th ed. (New York: Carl Fischer, 1968), 30.
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Pain can be referred to the epigastrium from damaged internal organs. This is primarily from the
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of the epigastrium can be used to feel the structures below it. This includes the
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The epigastrium lies over a number of structures in the abdomen. Part of the
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and the diaphragm produce an outward bulging of the upper abdominal wall.
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Rothuizen, J.; Schrauwen, E.; Theyse, L. F. H.; Verhaert, L. (2009).
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lies in the right of the epigastrium. It also lies over the
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Surface lines of the front of the thorax and abdomen
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Index

Epigastric

abdomen
Latin
TA98
A01.2.04.003
TA2
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FMA
20389
Anatomical terminology
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anatomy
abdomen
costal margins
subcostal plane
foregut
nine regions of the abdomen
hypochondria
costal margins
subcostal plane
breathing
diaphragm
rectus abdominis
liver
duodenum
spleen
stomach
pancreas
abdomen

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