Part V Abdomen and Pelvis
Transverse section through the abdomen at the level of the first (LI) lumbar vertebra – from below
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Duodenum
Left ureter
Aorta
Eleventh (XI) rib
Left lobe of liver (lateral segment)
Descending colon
Jejunum
Portion of disc between first (LI) and second (LII) lumbar vertebra
Body of first (LI) lumbar vertebra
Falciform ligament
Renal fascia
Serratus posterior inferior
Linea alba
Right crus of diaphragm
Common bile duct
Inferior mesenteric vein
Quadratus lumborum
Right lobe of liver
Greater omentum
Erector spinae
External oblique
Twelfth (XII) rib
Ninth costal cartilage
Left kidney
Right kidney
Rectus abdominis
Superior mesenteric artery
Antrum of stomach
Right sympathetic chain
Transverse abdominis
Para-aortic lymph node
Commencement of right ureter
Gall bladder
Tenth (X) rib
Inferior vena cava
Transverse colon
Superior mesenteric vein
Left lobe of liver (medial segment)
Head of pancreas
Internal oblique
Latissimus dorsi
Cisterna chyli
Cauda equina within vertebral canal
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Latissimus dorsi
Serratus posterior inferior
Erector spinae
Quadratus lumborum
Left kidney
Left ureter
Cauda equina within vertebral canal
Body of first (LI) lumbar vertebra
Right crus of diaphragm
Right sympathetic chain
Inferior vena cava
Cisterna chyli
Aorta
Common bile duct
Duodenum
Gall bladder
Commencement of right ureter
Right kidney
Twelfth (XII) rib
Renal fascia
Eleventh (XI) rib
Tenth (X) rib
Right lobe of liver
Ninth costal cartilage
Left lobe of liver (medial segment)
Linea alba
Falciform ligament
Antrum of stomach
Transverse colon
Jejunum
Head of pancreas
Superior mesenteric vein
Superior mesenteric artery
Greater omentum
Para-aortic lymph node
Inferior mesenteric vein
Descending colon
Internal oblique
External oblique
Rectus abdominis
Transverse abdominis
Left lobe of liver (lateral segment)
Portion of disc between first (LI) and second (LII) lumbar vertebra