Hypogastrium
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Hypogastrium | |
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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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