INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

Terms relating to orientation

Orientation terms cont...

Orientation terms cont...

Planes, Spaces, and Muscles

Sagittal Plane

Transverse Plane

Coronal Plane with Notch Superior

Coronal with Notch Posterior

Coronal with Notch Anterior

Four Quadrants

Right Upper Quadrant

Left Upper Quadrant

Right Lower Quadrant

Left Lower Quadrant

Midline Structures

Regions of the Abdomen

Dependent areas in the body

Subhepatic space/Morison’s pouch

Left subphrenic

Right subphrenic

Lesser sac or the foramen of Winslow

Perinephric space

Pararenal space

Pararenal space

Paracolic gutters

Posterior cul de sac/pouch of Douglas/Rectouterine pouch

Anterior cul de sac/Vesicouterine pouch

Muscles seen commonly in Ultrasound

Quadratus lumborum

Psoas muscles

Internal/external obliques

Rectus sheath

Rectus sheath

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