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. 2022 Dec 1;117(12):1933–1947. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002066

Figure 6.

Figure 6.

The “abdominal crane.” By analogy to a crane, the pelvis, sacrum, spinal column, extensor muscles, ribcage, diaphragm, and falciform ligament work together to hoist the intraperitoneal viscera within an upright abdominal cavity. GI, gastrointestinal.