See Also: subcostal plane(medicine)
subcostal(medicine)
subcostal artery(medicine)
subcostal groove(medicine)
subcostal muscle(medicine)
subcostal nerve(medicine)
subcostal line(medicine)
dorsal branch of the subcostal artery(medicine)
plane(3)(dictionary)
plane(1)(dictionary)

voluminal (iou) and subcostal plane (medicine)


voluminal (iou)



voluminal adjective. L19.
[from Latin volumin-, volumen VOLUME noun: see -AL1.]
Physics etc. Of, pertaining to, or possessing volume.

subcostal plane (medicine)


subcostal plane


A horizontal plane passing through the inferior limits of the costal margin, i.e., the tenth costal cartilages; it marks the boundary between the hypochondriac and epigastric regions superiorly and the lateral and umbilical regions inferiorly.

Synonym: planum subcostale, infracostal line.