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| divides the body into front and back (anterior/ventral and posterior/dorsal) |
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| divides the body (at the waist) into upper/superior and lower/inferior. |
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| What does the right upper quadrant (RUQ) contain? |
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| right upper area of the abdomen; contains parts of the liver, gallbladder, and intestines. |
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| What does the left upper quadrant (LUQ)contain? |
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| left upper area of the abdomen; contains parts of the liver, stomach, pancreas, spleen, and intestines. |
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| What does the right lower quadrant (RLQ) contain? |
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| right lower area of the abdomen; contains parts of the intestines, appendix, right ureter, ovary, and fallopian tube. |
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| What does the Left lower quadrant (LLQ) contain? |
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| left lower abdominal area; contains parts of the intestines, left ureter, ovary, and fallopian tube. |
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| # of regions of the abdomen. |
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| right and left hypochondriac regions. |
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| top two side squares/regions of the abdomen. |
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| right and left inguinal (iliac) regions. |
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| bottom two side squares/regions of the abdomen |
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| top middle square/region of abdomen. |
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| right and left lateral regions. |
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| middle two side squares/regions of the abdomen |
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| umbilical region of abdomen. |
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| hypogastric region of abdomen. |
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| lower middle square/region. |
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| at the end of a structure; the insertion of a muscle is at the distal end. |
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| at what end does a muscle insert? |
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| at the beginning of a structure; at the origin of a muscle. |
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| at what end is the origin of a muscle? |
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| inferior, lower, below. (in body directions) |
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| superior, at the head, above. (in body directions) |
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