Topography of the abdomen

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What are the two planes in the four quadrant scheme?
median plane (straight down midline), transumbilical plane (L3/L4 vertebrae level)
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What are the four planes in the nine region scheme?
Right and left midclavicular line, Subocstal plane (10th costal cartilage L3), inter tubercular (iliac crest, L5)
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What are the nine regions from left to right called?
R.hypochondriac, epigastric, L.hypochondriac, R.lumbar, umbilical, L.lumbar, R.iliac, hypogastric, L.iliac
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What is included in the right hypochondriac region?
liver, gallbladder, right kidney
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What is included in the epigastric region?
liver, stomach, pancreas
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What is included in the left hypochondriac region?
liver, pancreas, left kidney
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What is included in the right lumbar region?
right kidney, small intestine, ascending colon
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What is included in the umbilical region?
stomach, small intestine, transverse colon
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What is included in the left lumbar region?
left kidney, small intestine descending colon
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What is included in the right iliac region?
small intestine, ascending colon
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What is included in hypogastric region?
Small intestine and sigmoid colon
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What is included in the left iliac region?
small intestine and descending colon
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What are the layers of the abdominal wall?
skin, superficial fascia, muscles, deep fascia, extraperiotoneal fascia, parietal peritoneum
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What are the superior boundaries of the abdominal cavity?
diaphragm, xiphoid process, costal margins
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What are the inferior boundaries of the abdominal cavity?
pelvic inlets (separates abdominal from pelvic cavity)
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What is the peritoneum?
a thin membrane which provides a lining on the abdominal wall
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What is the function of the peritoneum?
covers organs and helps hold them in place
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What is the parietal peritoneum?
lines the wall of the abdomen
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What is the visceral peritoneum?
covers organs
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What is the space in-between the parietal and visceral layer known as? why is it there?
peritoneal cavity which has a small amount of fluid in it for lubrication
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What are the four planes in the nine region scheme?

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Right and left midclavicular line, Subocstal plane (10th costal cartilage L3), inter tubercular (iliac crest, L5)

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What are the nine regions from left to right called?

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What is included in the right hypochondriac region?

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What is included in the epigastric region?

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