Question | Answer |
Midsagittal (median) plane | the plane that cuts through the body dividing it left and right side |
Coronal (frontal) plane | The plane that cuts through the body dividing it front and back |
Transverse (horizontal) plane | The plane that cuts through the body dividing it top half and bottom half |
Dorsal (posterior) cavity | Includes cranial and spinal cavities |
Ventral (anterior) cavity | including the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities |
Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ) | Right lobe of liver, gallbladder, part of pancreas, part of small and large intestines |
Left upper Quadrant(LUQ) | Left love of liver, stomach, spleen, part of pancreas, part of small and large intestines |
Right lower Quadrant (RLQ) | Part of small and large intestines, appendix, right ovary, right fallopian tube, right ureter |
Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ) | Part of small and large intestines, left ovary, left fallopian tube, left ureter |
Left hypochondriac region | upper left region beneath the ribs |
Epigastric | Region above the stomach |
Right hypochondriac | Upper right region beneath the ribs |
Left Lumbar | Left middle lateral region |
Umbilical | Region of the navel |
Right lumbar | Right middle lateral region |
Left inguinal (iliac) | Left lower lateral region |
Hypogastric | Lower middle region beneath the navel |
Right inguinal (iliac) | Right lower lateral region |