BY MRS CLOSE DIRECTIONAL TERMS Quadrants of Abdomen Organs of the Abdomen The Abdominal Wall Topographically the abdomen can be divided into right and left upper and right and left lower quadrants by vertical and horizontal lines through the umbilicus The quadrants are often abrevi ID: 310985
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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
BY MRS. CLOSESlide2
DIRECTIONAL TERMSSlide3Slide4
Quadrants of Abdomen
Organs of the Abdomen
The Abdominal Wall
Topographically, the abdomen can be divided into right and left upper and right and left lower quadrants by vertical and horizontal lines through the umbilicus. The quadrants are often abreviated on the request form to
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The abdomen may also be divided into nine regions by two longitudinal lines (right and left midclavicular lines) and two transverse planes (subcostal and interspinous planes). The regions are: right and left hypochondriac, right and left lumbar, right and left inguinal (or iliac), epigastric, umbilical and hypogastric. Slide7Slide8
LEFT HYPOCHONDRIAC-SPLEEN, STOMACH, TAIL OF PANCREAS
LEFT LUMBER-SMALL, LARGE INTESTINE, PART OF KIDNEYLEFT ILLIAC LEFT URETER, LEFT OVARY, SIGMOID COLONEPIGASTRIC- PANCREAS, STOMACH, LIVER, AORTA,LIVER
UMBILICAL- OMEMTUM, MESENTARY, SMALL, LARGE INTESTINE
RT HYPOCHONDRIAC- RT OF LIVER,GALLBLADDER,PART OF KIDNEY, INTESTINE
RT LUMBAR- COLON,KIDNEY, LARGE INTESTINE
RT ILLIAC- URETER, INTESTINES, APPENDIX, CECUM, OVARYSlide9
SOME CONDITIONS RELATED TO ABDOMINAL REGIONSSlide10
CAN YOU FIND THE SPLEEN?Slide11