Abdominopelvic regions and abdominal quadrants. Abdominopelvic regions were created to make it easier to locate organs and diagnose the source of abdominal pain. These regions are divided into 9 sections which are set up like a tic tac toe board. Looking at the body from the anterior or front view will make right and left appear backwards, but these are named in reference to the body itself, not the viewer of the body. So now, we are going to go through all 9 regions and map them out. Starting with the right hypochondriac region is in to the upper left corner. The epigastric region is the upper center section. The left hypochondriac region is the upper right corner. The right lumbar region is the middle left section. The umbilical region is located in the center. The left lumbar region is in the middle right section. The right iliac region is in the lower left section. The hypogastic region is in the lower center area, and the left iliac region is in the lower right section. Many professionals prefer to use a simpler map of regions to locate organs and abdominal pain. They section the area into 4 quadrants. Again, looking at the body from the anterior view will make right and left appear backwards, but again, these are named in reference to the body itself, not the viewer of the body. These are all basic in terminology. There is the right upper quadrant, the left upper quadrant, the right lower quadrant and the left lower quadrant. And that, be the abdominoplevic regions and abdominal quadrants.