What does your abdominal do?

Your abdomen is the area below your ribs, so if you had an abdominal pain you would have a tummy ache.

it can be readily identified and monitored with ultrasound before acute complications result.

internal bleeding from injured abdominal organs is often the most serious threat to survival. Neither the injuries nor the bleeding may be immediately apparent. Ultrasound is very useful as an...

Abnormal growths--tumors, cysts, abscesses, scar tissue, and accessory organs--can be located and tentatively identified with ultrasound. In particular, potentially malignant solid tumors can be...

the upward movement on the abdomen. Commonly used in CPR to dislodge an object.