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ANATOMY FOR NURSES 



[Chap. XIV 



These lines are to be eonsidered as edges of planes which divide 

 the abdomen into the following regions as per illustration. 



HIGHEST LEVEt 

 OF ILIAC CRESr 



ANT. SUP. 

 ILIAC SPINE 



Fig. 150. — Region.s of the Abdo.mex. (Gerrish.) 



Right Hypochondriac. 

 — The right lobe of the 

 liver and the gall-bladder, 

 hepatic flexure (right colic 

 flexure) of the colon, and 

 part of the right kidney. 



Right Lu.mb.ar. — As- 

 cending colon, part of the 

 right kidney, and some 

 convolutions of the small 

 intestines. 



Right Inguinal (Il- 

 iac). — The cipcum, ver- 

 miform appendix ; the 

 right ureter. 



Epiga.sthic Region. — 

 The pyloric end of the 

 stomach, left lobe of the 

 liver, the pancreas, the 

 duodenum, parts of the 

 kidneys, and the supra- 

 renal capsules. 



Umbilical Region. — 

 The transverse colon, part 

 of the great omentum and 

 mesentery, transverse part 

 of the duodenum, and 

 some convolutions of the 

 jejunum and ileum, and 

 part of both kidneys. 



Hypogastric Region. 

 — Convolutions of the 

 small intestines, the blad- 

 der in children, and in 

 adults if distended, and 

 the uterus during preg- 

 nancy. 



Left Hypochondriac. 

 — The cardiac end of the 

 stomach, the spleen and 

 extremity of the pancreas, 

 the splenic flexure (left 

 colic flexure) of the colon, 

 and part of the left kidney. 



Left Lumbar. — De- 

 scending colon, part of 

 the omentum, part of the 

 left kidney, and some con- 

 volutions of the small in- 

 testines. 



Left Inguinal (Iliac). 

 — Sigmoid flexure of the 

 colon ; the left ureter. 



