For clinical purposes abdomen is divided into several parts. There are two main methods. Those are four region method nine region method. Nine region method is clinically very important. Those are,
- Right hypocondrium
- Epigastrium
- Left hypocondrium
- Right lumbar
- Umbilical
- Left lumbar
- Right imguinal
- Hypogastrium
- Left inguinal
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| Abdominal surface anatomy |