HPD Abdomen Questions and Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated 2026

HPD Abdomen

1. What are the quadrants of the abdomen and where do they intersect?: RUQ


RLQ

LUQ
LLQ
- intersect at umbilicus

2. What is contained in the RUQ?: - liver


- gallbladder
- pylorus
- duodenum
- hepatic flexure colon
- head of pancreas

3. What is contained in the LUQ?: - spleen


- splenic flexure of colon
- stomach
- body and tail of pancreas
- transverse colon

4. What is contained in the RLQ?: - cecum


- appendix


,- ascending colon
- right ovary

5. What is contained in the LLQ?: - sigmoid colon


- descending colon
- left ovary

6. What are the midline descriptors of the abdomen?: - epigastric


- umbilical
- hypogastric/suprapubic

7. Where does RUQ/epigastric pain usually originate from?: biliary tree or liver


8. Where does epigastric pain usually originate from?: - stomach


- duodenum
- pancreas






, 9. Where does periumbilical pain usually originate from?: - small intestine


- appendix
- proximal colon

10. Where does hypogastric pain usually originate from?: - colon


- bladder
- uterus
- prostate

11. Where does suprapubic/sacral pain usually originate from?: rectum


12. Where does visceral pain occur?: - hollow abdominal organs (viscera), or when solid organ capsules


are stretched
- DIFFICULT TO LOCALIZE

13. How can visceral pain be described as?: gnawing, burning, cramping, aching


- may cause systemic response: sweating, pallor, nausea, vomiting
- ischemia can stimulate it

14. Where does parietal pain originate from?: - originates from parietal peritoneum (peritonitis)


- inflammation of the LINING of the organs, NOT THE ORGAN ITSELF
- LOCALIZED