abdominal regions / abdominal quadrants

Right Lumbar Region

ascending colon, right kidney (4)

Right Inguinal Region

cecum, appendix (7)

Left Lumbar Region

descending colon, left kidney, small intestine (6)

Left Inguinal Region

initial part of sigmoid colon (9)

Right Hypochondriac Region

most of the liver, gallbladder (1)

Left Lower Quadrant

part of small intestine, descending colon, sigmoid colon, left ovary and Fallopian tube, left ureter

Left Hypochondriac Region

part of stomach, part of transverse and descending colon (3)

Right Lower Quadrant

part of the small intestine, cecum, appendix, ascending colon, right ovary and Fallopian tube, right ureter.

Left Upper Quadrant

stomach, spleen, body of the pancreas, left lobe of liver, left kidney and adrenal gland, splenic flexure of colon, parts of transverse and descending colon.

Umbilical Region

transverse colon, small intestine (5)

Hypogastric Region

urinary bladder, sigmoid colon (8)

Right Upper Quadrant

liver, gallbladder, duodenum, head of pancreas, right kidney and adrenal gland, hepatic flexure of colon, part of ascending colon, transverse colon.

Epigastric Region

stomach, part of liver (2)