Abdominopelvic Regions & Quadrants

Question 1

Name the four quadrants of the abdominopelvic cavity and the planes that create them.

Answer 1

Creates right angles using a transverse and a median plane through the umbilicus; right upper quadrant (RUQ), left upper quadrants (LUQ), right lower quadrant (RLQ), & left lower quadrant (LLQ)

Question 2

Name the nine regions of the abdominopelvic cavity and the planes that create them.

Answer 2

Using 2 transverse & 2 parasagittal planes across the abdomen; From right to left and top to bottom: right hypochondriac region, epigastric region, left hypochondriac region, right lumbar region, umbilical (navel) region, left lumbar region, right iliac (inguinal) region, hypogastric (pubic) region, left iliac (inguinal) region

Question 3

What organs are in the right hypochondriac region?

Answer 3

The liver & gallbladder

Question 4

What organs are in the epigastric region?

Answer 4

The stomach

Question 5

What organs are in the left hypochondriac region?

Answer 5

The diaphragm & spleen

Question 6

What organs are in the right lumbar region?

Answer 6

The ascending colon of large intestine

Question 7

What organs are in the umbilical region?

Answer 7

The small intestine and the transverse colon of the large intestine

Question 8

What organs are in the left lumbar region?

Answer 8

The descending colon of the large intestine

Question 9

What organs are in the right iliac region?

Answer 9

The cecum and appendix

Question 10

What organs are in the hypogastric region?

Answer 10

The urinary bladder

Question 11

What organs are in the the left iliac region?

Answer 11

The initial part of the sigmoid colon