3 Abdominal Sections

Abdominal Sections

Imagine drawing a 3×3 grid over a map of your cite divigin into nine zones. Similar you can the same but with a 2×2 grid to make 4 zones. This allows you to segment a huge city into smaller “chunks.”

Anatomists use quadrants to help localize different organs within the body. Also, this method can also be applied using a 3 by 3 table as evident below:

View the following images to get better acquainted with each sectioning plane. Understanding each format can help foster an understanding of mapping structures on the fly!

View the image above on the right. It can be divided into these segments:

• Right hypochondriac region: right lobe of the liver, gallbladder, part of the kidney and small intensive
• Epigastric region: stomach, left lobe of the liver, pancreas, duodenum, part of the spleen
• Left hypochondriac region: part of the stomach, spleen, part of the pancreas, part of the left kidney, part of the large intestine
• Right lumbar region: part of the ascending colon, part of the small intestine, part of the right kidney
• Umbilical region: majority of the small intestine, part of the duodenum, part of the transverse colon
• Left lumbar region: part of the descending colon, part of the left kidney, part of the small intestine
• Right iliac/inguinal region: cecum, appendix, part of the small intestine
• Hypogastric region: bladder, part of the small intestine, sigmoid colon, uterus
• Left iliac region: part of the descending colon, sigmoid colon, part of the small intestine