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Learn tricks for remembering the four abdominal quadrants and nine abdominal regions for anatomy and physiology courses. Includes free quiz on the abdominal regions and quadrants.
The nine regions are smaller than the four abdominopelvic quadrants and include the right hypochondriac, right lumbar, right illiac, epigastric, umbilical, hypogastric (or pubic), left hypochondriac, left lumbar, and left illiac divisions.
3 Νοε 2023 · The four planes create nine abdominal regions as you see in the picture: hypochondriac (right, left) and epigastric regions superiorly, flanks (right, left) and umbilical region in the middle, groin (right, left) and hypogastric region inferiorly.
An illustration of a female body showing the nine different abdominopelvic regions used to describe the location and orientation of internal organs.
Abdominal quadrants, regions, and planes. Figure 1. A. Abdominal regions and B. abdominal quadrants. Figure 2. Planes used to divide the abdomen into nine regions. Note: the transpyloric plane or the subcostal plane may be used as the superior horizontal plane.
3 Νοε 2023 · The predominantly soft tissue structure of the abdominal walls gives them the flexibility to adjust to the dynamics of the abdominal viscera. For easier clinical orientation, abdomen is divided into four quadrants and nine regions. Quadrants include left upper, left lower, right upper and right lower.
Regions of abdomen. Regions shown on left in side-by-side comparison with quadrants. Nine regions of the abdomen can be marked using two horizontal and two vertical dividing lines. The vertical lines are the mid-clavicular lines taken from the mid-point of each clavicle.
