Abdomen and the anterior abdominal wall PDF

Title	Abdomen and the anterior abdominal wall
Author	Car Hui
Course	Anatomy & Physiology
Institution	Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
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Abdomen and the anterior abdominal wall The 4 quadrants and the 9 regions

The 4 quadrants are: Left upper quadrant: Contains spleen, left kidney, fondus and body of stomach, left colic flexure, etc… Left lower quadrant: Contains sigmoid colon, rectum, etc… Right lower quadrant: Caecum, appendix, ileum, right inguinal ligament, right ilium. Right upper quadrant: Liver, right kidney, right colic flexure. The -

9 abdominopelvic regions: Left hypochondrium: Spleen Epigastric: Stomach, left lobe of liver, head and neck of pancreas. Right hypochondrium: Right lobe of the liver Left lumbar: Lateral descending colon Umbilical: Small intestine Right lumbar: Lateral ascending colon Left inguinal: Sigmoid colon Hypogastric: Rectum, bladder, prostate for males. Right inguinal: Appendix, caecum, ileum

On the diaghram you will see the subcostal plane (L3) and the intertubercular plane (L5)....