Abdomen Exam

Question 1

What are the horizontal planes used to designate the nine regions of the abdomen?

Answer 1

1) the subcostal plane- through the 10th rib (or the transpyloric plane- 9th rib)
2) interspinous plane (spans horiztonally between the two ASIS) or the line connecting the tubercles of the iliac crest (the transtubular crest)
3) upper margin of the diaphragm

Question 2

How do you find the transplyoric plane?

Answer 2

halfway between the jugular notch and the symphysis pubis. OR halfway between the typhoid process and the umbilicus

Question 3

What rib does the transpyloric plane run with?

Answer 3

9th

Question 4

What vertebrae is the transtubular crest at?

Answer 4

L5

Question 5

What are the vertical planes used to designate the nine regions of the abdomen?

Answer 5

1) mid-clavicular lines (passes down to mid-inguinal point)

Question 6

What are the abdominal regions between the upper margin of the diaphragm and the subcostal plane called?

Answer 6

right hypochondrium, epigastric, left hypochondriac

Question 7

What are the abdominal regions between the subcostal plane and the transtubular plane called?

Answer 7

right lumbar, umbilical region, and left lumbar

Question 8

What are the abdominal regions below the transtubular plane called?

Answer 8

left and right inguinal regions, and the (middle) pubic region

Question 9

What are the contents of the right hypochondrium?

Answer 9

the liver (note that the liver extends across the epigastrium and the left lobe even extends a little bit into the left hypochondrium)

Question 10

What are the contents of the left hypochondrium?

Answer 10

the spleen (not palpable if normally sized)

Question 11

What are the contents of the epigastrium?

Answer 11

the stomach and part of the duodenum

Question 12

What can be found where the transpyloric plane meets the mid-clavicular line?

Answer 12

the fundus of the gallbladder where the 9th rib sits

Question 13

What dermatome is located at the umbilicus level?

Answer 13

T10