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The hypochondrium refers to the two hypochondriac regions in the upper third of the abdomen; the left hypochondrium and right hypochondrium. [1] They are located on the lateral sides of the abdominal wall respectively, inferior to (below) the thoracic cage, being separated by the epigastrium .
On the sides of the abdomen the other six regions are the left and right hypochondriac regions, on either side of the epigastrium; the left and right lumbar flank regions, on either side of the umbilical region, and the left and right iliac or inguinal regions on either side of the hypogastrium. [3] [4]
The regions are the left and right hypochondriac regions, so named because they lie under the ribs; the epigastric region which is approximately where the stomach is located between the hypochondriac regions; the right and left lumbar regions which flank the umbilical region (which surrounds the umbilicus, or belly button), the right and left ...
This region of the abdomen contains part of the stomach, the head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a section of the transverse colon and the lower aspects of the left and right kidney. The upper three regions, from left to right, are the left hypochondriac, epigastric, and right hypochondriac regions.
The liver lies in the right hypochondrium area and the greater portion of the epigastric areas of the abdominal cavity under the diaphragm but within the rib cage. [6] It is primarily a processing and detoxifying organ, [7] filtering blood and extracting or breaking down waste and toxins from the bloodstream. [8]
A hypochondriac is someone who overly worries about having an illness or condition, "despite medical evaluations indicating otherwise," says Dr. Jason Nagata, an adolescent medicine specialist at ...
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The right lobe is six times the size of the left lobe. It occupies the right hypochondrium , on its posterior surface by the ligamentum venosum for the cranial (upper) half and by the ligamentum teres hepatis ( round ligament of liver ) for the caudal (under) half.