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RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT (RUQ) |
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- Liver
- Gallbladder
- Duodenum
- Head of pancreas
- Right kidney and adrenal gland
- Hepatic flexure of colon
- Part of transverse and ascending colon
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LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (LUQ) |
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- Stomach
- Spleen
- Left lobe of liver
- Body of pancreas
- Left kidney and adrenal gland
- Splenic flexure of colon
- Parts of transverse and descending colon
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RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT (RLQ) |
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- Caecum
- Appendix
- Right ovary and tube
- Right ureter
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LEFT LOWER QUADRANT (LLQ) |
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- Part of descending colon
- Sigmoid colon
- Left ovary and tube
- Left ureter
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Named for the umbilicus or navel |
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RIGHT AND LEFT HYPOCHONDRIAC REGIONS |
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Near the cartilages of the ribs |
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RIGHT AND LEFT LUMBAR REGIONS |
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Near the lumbar region of the spine |
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RIGHT AND LEFT ILIAC REGIONS |
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Named for the upper bone of the hip, the ilium. Also called the inguinal regions |
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