Surface projections of the organs of the trunk

Surface projections of the organs of the trunk Surface projections of the organs of the trunk, showing pancreas at the transpyloric plane.

Bålens ytanatomy (Superficial anatomy of the trunk). Anca Dragomir, Mats Hjortberg and Godfried M. Romans. Section for human anatomy at the Department of medical cell biology, Uppsala university, Sweden.

Key points from that compendium:

The oblique fissure of the right lung goes from the spinal process of thoracic vertebra 3 towards the navel

The horizontal fissure goes along the 4th rib (the original image from Gray has this line almost at the 5th rib, but this is not labeled in image, as other lung images seem to support the upper level)

The cardia of the stomach is at the level of the 10th rib

The fundus of the stomach is in the 5th intercostal space, slightly below the apex of the heart

Pylorus is usually at the L1 (the transpyloric plane)

The transpyloric plane is at the level of:

lumbar vertebra 1
the pancreatic body
the origins of the superior mesenteric artery from the aorta and portal vein
the left and right colic flexure
hilum of the kidney on the left
upper pole of the kidney on the right
duodenojejunal flexure

McBurney's point is located one third of a line from the anterior superior iliac spine and the navel

The upper rim of the liver is in the 5th intercostal space

The left lobe of the liver is to the left of the midline

The lower limit of the liver at the midline is approximately 3 cm below processus xiphoideus

The spleen is projected against the 9th and 10th rib on the backside

The left kidney is approximately at the vertebral level T12 to L3, and the right one slightly lower.

Source: Mikael Häggström