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ligament on either side. These nine regions have been 

 named as follows: The right and left hypochondriac 

 regions up under the ribs with the epigastrium between, 

 the right and left lumbar regions next below with the 

 umbilical between, and the right and left inguinal with 



FIG. 52. Diagram showing the nine regions of the abdominal cavity: 

 1, Right hypochondriac; 2, epigastric; 3, left hypochondriac; 4, right 

 lumbar; 5, umbilical; 6, left lumbar; 7, right iliac; 8, hypogastric; 9, left 

 iliac. (Ashton.) 



the hypogastric between. Others divide it into quad- 

 rants by one line drawn across and another down through 

 the umbilicus. The contents of the abdomen in full are 

 the stomach, intestines, liver, gall-bladder, spleen, pan- 

 creas, kidneys, suprarenal capsules, and the great vessels, 

 that is, the organs of digestion and excretion. When dis- 



