| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abdominopelvic Quadrants | Four Quadrants formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect at umbilicus |
| Right Upper Quadrant | Liver, gall bladder |
| Left Upper Quadrant | Stomach, Spleen |
| Right Lower Quadrant | Urinary bladder, appendix, cecum, ascending colon of Large Intestine, small intestine |
| Left Lower Quadrant | Transverse and descending of Large Intestine, small intestine, initial part of sigmoid colon, urinary bladder |
| Abdominopelvic regions | Nine regions formed by superior horizontal plane just inferior to ribs, inferior horizontal plane to hip bone, vertical planes just medial to nipples |
| Superior row of nine regions from right to left | Right hypochondriac, Epigastric, Left hypochondriac |
| Right Hypochondriac | Liver, Gall bladder |
| Epigastric | Liver, Stomach |
| Left Hypochondriac | Spleen |
| Medial row of nine regions | Right lumbar, Umbilical, Left lumbar |
| Right lumbar | Ascending colon of large intestine |
| Umbilical | Transverse colon of large intestine, small intestine |
| Left lumbar | Descending colon of large intestine, small intestine |
| Inferior row of nine regions | Right iliac(inguinal) , Hypogastric(pubic), left iliac(inguinal) |
| Right inguinal | Cecum |
| Hypogastric | Appendix, Urinary bladder |
| Left inguinal | Initial part of sigmoid colon |
Combine with other sets
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