Hypogastrium

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Hypogastrium
Surface lines of the front of the thorax and abdomen.
Front view of the thoracic and abdominal viscera. a. Median plane. b b. Lateral planes. c c. Trans tubercular plane. d d. Subcostal plane. e e. Transpyloric plane.
Latin regio hypogastrica, regio pubica
Gray's subject #246 1149
Dorlands/Elsevier h_22/12438665

The hypogastrium (or hypogastric region, or pubic region) is an area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.

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