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.

See also

• Interspinous plane

• Inferior mesenteric artery

• Quadrants and regions of abdomen

• Supracristal plane

• Transpyloric plane

• Transtubercular plane

• Transumbilical plane

References

External links

• http://www.liv.ac.uk/HumanAnatomy/phd/mbchb/travel/surface1.html

• http://www.qub.ac.uk/cskills/Abd%20exam.htm