Abdominal Viscera Quadrants

Question 1

Liver

Answer 1

Left and right cranial quadrants

Question 2

Gall bladder

Answer 2

Right cranial abdominal quadrant

Question 3

Spleen

Answer 3

Left lateral recumbency - left cranial and caudal quadrants
Right lateral recumbency - left caudal and right cranial and caudal quadrants

Question 4

Stomach

Answer 4

Cardia, fundus, and body - left cranial
Pyloric antrum - right cranial in dog, left cranial in cat
Pylorus - right cranial in dog, on or slightly left of midline

Question 5

Duodenum

Answer 5

Cranial duodenal flexure - right cranial quadrant
Descending duodenum - right cranial and caudal quadrants
Caudal duodenal flexure - right and left caudal quadrants
Ascending duodenum - left caudal quadrant
Duodenojejunal flexure - left caudal quadrant

Question 6

Jejunum

Answer 6

All 4 quadrants

Question 7

Ileum

Answer 7

Left and right caudal quadrants

Question 8

Cecum

Answer 8

Right caudal quadrant

Question 9

Colon

Answer 9

Ascending colon - right caudal and cranial quadrants
Right colic flexure - right cranial quadrant
Transverse colon - right and left cranial quadrants
Left colic flexure - left cranial quadrant
Descending colon - left cranial and caudal quadrants