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—Diagram showing the nine regions of the abdominal cavity: 1, Right hypochondriac; 2, epigastric; 3, left hypochondriac; 4, right lumbar; 5, umbilical; 6, left lumbar; 7, right iliac; 8, hypogastric; 9, left iliac. (Ashton.)

ligament on either side. These nine regions have been named as follows: The right and left hypochondriac regions up under the ribs with the epigastrium between, the right and left lumbar regions next below with the umbilical between, and the right and left inguinal with the hypogastric between. Others divide it into quadrants by one line drawn across and another down through the umbilicus. The contents of the abdomen in full are the stomach, intestines, liver, gall-bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenal capsules, and the great vessels, that is, the organs of digestion and excretion. When dis