A and P Lab 1

Cranial/Caudal

Toward head/Toward tail bone

Oblique section

A diagonal cut through any anatomical structure

(Not Commonly used)

Whole body positions

• Supine: Laying face up

• Prone: Laying face down

• Lateral position: Laying on side

• Fowlers position: Supine with head up

• Trendelenburg position: Supine with feet up

Lines dividing all abdominopelvic regions

• 1 midsagittal line

• 1 transverse line

• 2 midclavicular lines

• 1 hypochondriac line

• 1 iliac crest line

RUQ Organs

• Gallbladder

• Duodenum

• Head of pancreas

• part of Liver

• small part of stomach

• part of ascending colon

• part of transverse colon

• right upper lobe of kidney

• right adrenal gland

• Hepatic flexure of colon

LUQ Organs

• spleen

• left lower part of liver

• pancreas

• most of stomach

• part of transverse colon

• part of descending colon

• Left upper lobe of kidney

• Left adrenal gland

• splenic flexure of colon

RLQ Organs

• cecum

• appendix

• part of ascending colon

• lower lobe of right kidney

• Right section of ovary

• Right section of fallopian tubes

• right section of uterus

• Right section of ureter

• Right section of spermatic cord

LLQ Organs

• sigmoid colon

• part of descending colon

• left lower lobe of kidney

• left ovary

• left fallopian tube

• left uterus

• left ureter

• left spermatic cord