Abdominal Regions/Quadrants

Question 1

Name 2 organs in the RUQ

Answer 1

liver, gallbladder, right kidney

Question 2

Name 2 organs in the RLQ

Answer 2

appendix, right ureter, right ovary

Question 3

Name 2 organs in the LUQ

Answer 3

stomach, spleen, left kidney

Question 4

Name 2 organs in the LLQ

Answer 4

left ureter, left ovary

Question 5

What are the boundaries of the left hypochondriac region?

Answer 5

left mid-clavicular plane, transpyloric plane (inferior)

Question 6

What are the boundaries of the right hypochondriac region?

Answer 6

right mid-clavicular plane, transpyloric plane (inferior)

Question 7

What are the boundaries of the left inguinal region?

Answer 7

left mid-clavicular plane, transtubercular plane (superior)

Question 8

What are the boundaries of the right inguinal region?

Answer 8

right mid-clavicular plane, transtubercular plane (superior)

Question 9

What are the boundaries of the left lumbar region?

Answer 9

left mid-clavicular plane, transpyloric plane (superior), transtubercular (inferior)

Question 10

What are the boundaries of the right lumbar region?

Answer 10

right mid-clavicular plane, transpyloric plane (superior), transtubercular (inferior)

Question 11

What are the boundaries of the epigastric region?

Answer 11

both mid-clavicular planes, transpyloric plane (inferior)

Question 12

What are the boundaries of the hypogastric region?

Answer 12

both mid-clavicular planes, transtubercular (superior)

Question 13

What are the boundaries of the umbilical region?

Answer 13

both mid-clavicular planes, transpyloric plane (superior), transtubercular (inferior)

Question 14

What defines the boundaries of the four quadrants?

Answer 14

sagittal and transverse planes that intersect at the umbilicus