surface markings above the umbilicus The solid white line indicates the costal margin. The blue line indicates the transpyloric plane. The C-shaped duodenum is outlined in pink, the kidneys and liver in brown and the pancreas in pale green. 1 Aortic opening in diaphragm 2 Apex of heart in fifth intercostal space 3 Dome of diaphragm and upper margin of liver 4 Foramen for inferior vena cava in diaphragm 5 Fundus of gall bladder, and junction of ninth costal cartilage and lateral border of rectus sheath 6 Head of pancreas and level of second lumbar vertebra 7 Hilum of left kidney 8 Hilum of right kidney 9 Oesophageal opening in diaphragm 10 Transpyloric plane 11 Xiphoid process
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