Intertubercular plane

Intertubercular plane
Surface lines of the front of the thorax and abdomen. (Transtubercular is bottom horizontal line.)
Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for duodenum, pancreas, and kidneys.
Details
Latin	planum intertuberculare
Identifiers
Gray's	p.1315
Dorlands /Elsevier	12644551
Anatomical terminology

A lower transverse line midway between the upper transverse and the upper border of the pubic symphysis; this is termed the intertubercular plane (or transtubercular), since it practically corresponds to that passing through the iliac tubercles; behind, its plane cuts the body of the fifth lumbar vertebra.

Additional images

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  Front view of the thoracic and abdominal viscera.
  a. Median plane.
  b. Lateral planes.
  c. Trans tubercular plane.
  d. Subcostal plane.
  e. Transpyloric plane.

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  Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for arteries and inguinal canal.

See also

• Transpyloric plane

Reflist

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/_/viewer.aspx?path=dorland&name=plane(2).jpg