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| roof of the abdominal cavity |
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| floor of the abdominal cavity |
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| pelvic inlet (imaginary roof of the true pelvis) |
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| anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) |
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| anterior projection of the iliac crest |
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| tubercle of the iliac crest |
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| small elevation at the most lateral area of the iliac crest (about 5 cm posterior to the ASIS) |
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| horizontal ridge on the upper, medial part of each pubis |
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| lateral projection of the pubic crest and an attachment site of the inguinal ligament |
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| midline fibrous joint between the two pubic bones |
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| costal margin of the thoracic cage |
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| lower border of the 7th and 10th costal cartilages |
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| horizontal plane between the lowest points of the costal margins, at the L2 or L3 vertebral level |
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| transtubercular line or plane |
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| horizontal line passing through the tubercles of the iliac crest, at the L4 or L5 vertebral level |
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| position of the inguinal groove |
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| between the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and the pubic tubercle |
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| same as midclavicular line |
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| Lines that demarcate the 9 anterior abdominal wall regions |
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| subcostal line, transtubercular line, two midclavicular/midinguinal lines |
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| Ant Abdom. wall regions: left from top to bottom |
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| L hypochcondriac, L lumbar, L inguinal |
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| Ant Abdom. wall regions: Middle, top to bottom |
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| Epigastric, umbilical, hypogastric (pubic) |
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| Ant Abdom wall regions: Right, top to bottom |
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| R hypochondriac, R lumbar, R inguinal |
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| Upper tier of nine anterior abdominal wall regions |
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| peripheral left and right hypochondriac regions + a central epigastric region |
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| Middle tier of nine anterior abdomninal wall regions |
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| left and right lumbar (lateral) regions + a central umbilical region |
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| Lower tier of 9 ant abdom wall regions: |
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| left and right inguinal regions + a central hypogastric (or pubic) region |
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