Body planes/ Quadrants
Lumbar regions
Between ribs and hips & flaring portion of hip bones Lateral to umbilical
Umbilical region
Centermost region, includes umbilicus
Hypochondriac regions
Flanking epigastric region laterally Overlies lower ribs
Hypogastric (pubic) region
Immediately inferior to umbilical region Encompasses pubic region
Epigastric region
Immediately superior to umilical region Overlies most of stomach
Iliac regions
Lateral to Hypogastric region Overlies superior parts of hip bones
Frontal (coronal ) plane
Longitudinal plane that divides body/ organ into anterior & posterior parts
Transverse plane
Runs horizontally dividing body into superior/ inferior parts (cross sections)
Sagittal plane
Runs lengthwise (longitudinally) down length of body dividing it into R & L parts -midsaggital plane divides body into equal parts right down midline
