Viscus

As Guts is defined as the totality of the skull and the large body cavities ( thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities ) located internal organs. In everyday parlance, the term is used synonymously with the abdominal viscera.

For animals for slaughter is also called offal, in the hunter language from the "Dawn ". A wounded by a shot in the bowels piece of game is called " weidwund " (also " waidwund " ) referred.

Foreign Words

The medical term for the intestines is viscera (Latin viscera ), belonging to the bowels is called visceral with the adjective. The surgery of the bowels is called visceral surgery.

The doctrine of the bowels is called splanchnology (Greek σπλάγχνα splanchna " guts ").