Tags: Anatomical Structure.
An upper transverse line also known as Addison’s Plane located halfway between the jugular notch and the upper border of the pubic symphysis. It is also said to lie roughly a hand’s breadth beneath the xiphoid process of the human sternum. The plane in most cases cuts through the pylorus of the stomach the tips of the ninth costal cartilages and the lower border of the first lumbar vertebra.
