Normal abdomen (2 of 3)
What to look for
- Loops of small intestine full of food; normal faeces in the descending colon
- A full bladder in the caudal abdomen
- Spine straight down the middle: the cat lies square, so left and right compare fairly
Read the normal first
Learn the size of the heart, the lung fields and the outline of the diaphragm on this film, then open a finding from the list and slide between the two.
Source: Anja, “Radio abdominale chat – ventro-dorsale – normale”, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. For learning: not a diagnostic service.
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Read the film, then see the anatomy in 3D.
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