In women the action of the ribs as they rise and fall, is emphasized more than in men, and this we call costal breathing.
The axillary buttress contacts the third peripheral and seems to reach the first costal plate.
His abdomen was soft with the liver palpable 2 cm below the costal margin.
The liver was palpable 4 cm below the right costal margin.
The liver was enlarged 3 cm below the right costal margin.
The liver was palpable 3 cm below the right costal margin.
The peripheral pulses were poor but equal, and the liver was enlarged 4 cm below the costal margin.
The liver was palpable 5 cm below the right costal margin in the midclavicular line.
