PLATE VII REGIONS OF THE ABDOMEN AND THEIR CONTENTS (EDGE OF COSTAL 

 CARTILAGES IN DOTTED OUTLINE). 



For convenience of .description the abdomen may be artificially divided into nine 

 regions by drawing two circular lines round the body parallel with the cartilages of 

 the ninth ribs, and the highest point of the crests of the ilia ; and two vertical lines 

 from the cartilage of the eighth rib on each side to the centre of Poupart's ligament. 

 The viscera contained in these different regions are as follows : 



RIGIJT HYPOCHONDRIAC. 

 The right lobe of the liver and 

 the gall-bladder, hepatic flexure 

 of the colon, and part of the 

 right kidney. 



EPIGASTRIC KEGION. The 

 middle and pyloric end of the 

 stomach, left lobe of the liver, 

 the pancreas, the duodenum, 

 parts of the kidneys and the 

 suprarenal capsules. 



LEFT HYPOCHONDRIAC. The 

 splenic end of the stomach, the 

 spleen and extremity of the pan- 

 creas, the splenic flexure of the 

 colon, and part of the left kid- 

 ney. 



RIGHT LUMBAR. Ascend- 

 ing colon, part of the right kid- 

 ney, and some convolutions of 

 the small intestines. 



UMBILICAL REGION. The 

 transverse colon, part of the 

 great omentum and mesentery, 

 transverse part of the duode- 

 num, and some convolutions of 

 the jejunum and ileum, and 

 part of both kidneys. 



LEFT LUMBAR. Descending 

 colon, part of the omentum, 

 part of the left kidney, and 

 some convolutions of the small 

 intestines. 



RIGHT INGUINAL (ILIAC). 

 The caecum, appendix caeci. 



HYPOGASTRIC REGION. Con- 

 volutions of the small intes- 

 tines, the bladder in children, 

 and in adults if distended, and 

 the uterus during pregnancy. 



LEFT INGUINAL (ILIAC). 

 Sigmoid flexure of the colon. 



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