Transpyloric plane
The transpyloric plane, also known as Addison's plane, is an imaginary horizontal plane, located halfway between the suprasternal notch of the manubrium and the upper border of the symphysis pubis at the level of the first lumbar vertebrae, L1. It lies roughly a hand's breadth beneath the xiphisternum or midway between the xiphisternum and the umbilicus. The plane in most cases cuts through the pylorus of the stomach, the tips of the ninth costal cartilages and the lower border of the first lumbar vertebra.
| Transpyloric plane | |
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Surface lines of the front of the thorax and abdomen. (Transpyloric is top horizontal line.) | |
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| Latin | planum transpyloricum |
| TA98 | A01.2.00.007 |
| TA2 | 53 |
| FMA | 14608 |
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