EMT Organ Locations

RUQ

Liver (majority)

Gallbladder

Right Kidney

Pancreas (small portion)

Part of Transverse Colon.

LUQ

Stomach

Spleen, Liver (small portion)

Pancreas (majority)

Left Kidney

Splenic Flexure of Colon

RLQ

Appendix

Cecum

Ascending Colon

Right Ovary/Fallopian Tube (female)

LLQ

Sigmoid Colon

Descending Colon

Left Ovary/Fallopian Tube (female)

Solid organs do what and include what

bleed heavily

liver

spleen

pancreas

kidneys

Hollow organs do what and include what

spill contents

stomach

gallbladder

intestines

urinary bladder

RUQ Pain

gallbladder (cholecystitis)

liver

RLQ pain

Appendix

LLQ Pain

Diverticulitis

LUQ

Spleen injury

G

gallbladder, RUQ (right upper quadrant)

L

liver, RUQ (right upper quadrant)

A

appendix, RLQ (right lower quadrant)

S

spleen, LUQ (left upper quadrant)

S

stomach, LUQ (left upper quadrant)

epigastric region

located above the stomach, superior to umbilicus, upper middle

hypochondriac region

to the right and left of the epigastric region; top right and top left

umbilical region

center region, which includes the umbilicus

lumbar region

right and left middle regions near the waist

hypogastric region

inferior to the umbilical region; encompasses the pubic area; lower middle

iliac region

to the right and left of the ilium (hips); lower right and lower left