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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.