ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

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 abreviated on the request form to RUQ, RLQ, LUQ and LLQ.

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.

LEFT HYPOCHONDRIAC-SPLEEN, STOMACH, TAIL OF PANCREAS

LEFT LUMBER-SMALL, LARGE INTESTINE, PART OF KIDNEY

LEFT ILLIAC LEFT URETER, LEFT OVARY, SIGMOID COLON

EPIGASTRIC- 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 INTESTINERT ILLIAC- URETER, INTESTINES, APPENDIX,

CECUM, OVARY

SOME CONDITIONS RELATED TO ABDOMINAL REGIONS

CAN YOU FIND THE SPLEEN?