►
Pelvic viscera
and retroperitoneal space
Upper abdomen, transverse sections
► ►
Kidney
Suprarenal gland
Urinary bladder
M rectus abdominis 
m
V. cava inferior •
• Pars thoracica aortae
M latissimus dorsi #
• A. splenica
• Pars lumbalis diaphragmatis, Crus sinistrum
Truncus sympathicus
Costa VII
Costa VIII
Costa IX
V. portae hepatis, R dexter, • 
R posterior
N. intercostalis (T 9) 
• V. splenica
Costa X
Bursa omentalis
Vertebra thoracica XI, Proc articularis superior
Vertebra thoracica XI
Medulla spinalis 
Spatium epidurale
# M erector spinae 
N. intercostalis (T 10) 
Ductus thoracicus
Fig. 1191 
Abdomen, Abdomen; 
transverse section through the upper abdomen 
at the Level of the eleventh thoracic vertebra.
Cavitas pleuralis, 
Recessus
costodiaphragmaticus
• M. obliquus 
externus 
abdominis
Mm. intercostales «
Spien [Lien]
Cavitas peritonealis
Pars costalis diaphragmatis 
m
Costa VI
Peritoneum parietale
Peritoneum viscerale
Costa VII
Costa VI
Pleura parietalis,
Pars costalis
Pleura parietalis, 
Pars diaphragmatica
Gaster
Lig. falciforme
Linea alba
Hepar, Lobus sinister
Proc, xiphoideus
Hepar, Lobus sinister 
Costa VII
Hepar, Lobus dexter 
Vertebra thoracica X
M erector spinae
M, rectus abdominis
Pars costalis diaphragmatis 
Gaster
Splen [Lien]
Pars thoracica aortae
Pars lumbalis diaphragmatis
Fig. 1192 
Abdomen, Abdomen; 
computed tomographic cross-section (CT) 
at the level of the tenth thoracic vertebra; 
inferior view.
 
    
