✔️Abdominal Quadrants & Regions

liver

transverse colon

ascending colon

What can we find in the right cranial quadrant?

stomach

spleen

duodenojejunal flexure

root of mesentery

What can we find in the left cranial quadrant?

descending duodenum

cecum

ileum

jejunoileal junction

caudal duodenal flexure

What can we find in the right caudal quadrant?

descending colon

ascending duodenum

uterine horn

uterine body

urinary bladder

rectus abdominis muscle

What can we find in the left caudal quadrant?

Liver (Right lobes)

Stomach (pylorus)

Right colic flexure

Right kidney

What can we find in the right hypochondrium?

Liver/ gall bladder

Stomach (body)

Transverse colon

Left lobe of pancreas

What can we find in the xiphoid region?

Liver (Left lobes)

Stomach (fundus)

Spleen

Left colic flexure

Left kidney (cranial pole)

What can we find in the left hypochondrium?

Descending duodenum

Right lobe of pancreas

Jejunum

Right Ovary & uterine horn

Ascending colon

Cecum

Ileum

What can we find in the right flank?

Transverse colon

Caudal duodenal flexure

Jejunum

Root of mesenterium

Ventral end of spleen (variable/not all the time)

Urinary bladder (when is full)

Left lobe of pancreas

What can we find in the umbilical?

Descending colon

Left kidney (caudal pole)

Spleen

Jejunum

Left Ovary & uterine horn

What can we find in the left flank?

Inguinal canal

Spermatic cord (male)

Vaginal process (female)

What can we find in the right inguinal region?

Urinary bladder

Uterus (body/cervix)

Descending colon/rectum

What can we find in the pubic region?

Inguinal canal

Spermatic cord (male)

Vaginal process (female)

What can we find in the left inguinal region?