2. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY BY MRS. CLOSE

3. DIRECTIONAL TERMS

5. 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.

7. 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.

9. 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 INTESTINE RT ILLIAC- URETER, INTESTINES, APPENDIX, CECUM, OVARY

10. SOME CONDITIONS RELATED TO ABDOMINAL REGIONS

11. CAN YOU FIND THE SPLEEN?