subcostal plane

{{Short description|Anatomical plane}}

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| Name = Subcostal plane

| Latin = planum subcostale

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| Caption = Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for duodenum, pancreas, and kidneys. (Subcostal plane is approximately at level of "C")

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| Caption2 = Front view of the thoracic and abdominal viscera.
a. Median plane.
b. Lateral planes.
c. Trans tubercular plane.
d. Subcostal plane.
e. Transpyloric plane.

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The subcostal plane is a transverse plane which bisects the body at the level of the 10th costal margin and the upper border of the third lumbar vertebra.{{Cite web|url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?subcostal+plane |title=Definition: subcostal plane from Online Medical Dictionary |accessdate=2007-12-07 |format= }}