9 Posterior Abdominal Wall Flashcards
What is the origin of the psoas mm
Transverse processes and sides of vertebral bodies and intervertebral disks of T12-L5
What is the insertion of the psoas
Tendon to the lesser trochanter of femur
What is the innervation of the psoas mm
Anterior rami of L1-3
What is the origin of the illiacus
Superior 2/3s of iliac fossa, ala, anterior sacro-iliac ligaments
What is the insertion of the iliacus
Lesser trochanter and shaft below
What is the innervation of the iliacus
Femoral n (L2-4)
What is the origin of the quadratus lumborum
Medial half of inferior surface of 12th rib plus tips of lumbar ptp
What is the insertion of quadratus lumborum
Iliolumbar ligament and lip of iliac crest
What is the function of the quadratus lumborum
Helps fix 12th rib during deep inspiration
What is the innvervation of the quadratus lumborum
Anterior T12, L1-4
What does a psoas abscess cause
Back or flank pain, fever, limp, inguinal mass
What is the cause of a psoas abscess
Disease of organs (TB spread into abdomen)
Cancer
Infections deep to psoas fascia
How do you determine psoas abscesses
Lower abdominal pain exacerbated by extending thigh (psoas sign)
What is the median arcuate ligament
Tendinous arch of the crura of the diaphragm; unites R and L crura (where aorta pierces diaphram)
What is the medial arcuate ligament
Fascial thickening of psoas fascia; spanning lumbar body and tip of L1 transverse process
What is the lateral acruate ligament
Fascial thickening of quadratus lumborum m running from L1 tp to the tip of the 12th rib
What pierces through the diaphragm m
Esophagus and aorta
What are the unpaired A of the abdominal aorta
Celiac trunk (T12)
SMA (L1)
IMA (L3)
Medial sacral A
What are the paired A of the abdominal aorta
Subcostal A Inferior phrenic A Suprarenal A Renal A (L2) Gonadal A (L2) Lumbar A Deep circumflex iliac A
Where does the IVC begin inferiorly
Anterior to L5 and right of midline
What are the paired tributaries of the IVC
Suprarenal V, renal V, gonadal V, inferior phrenic V, 3rd and 4th lumbar V, common iliac V
What goes through the diaphragm at T8
IVC and right phrenic N
What does through the diaphragm at T10
Esophagus and ant/post vagal trunks
What goes through the diaphragm at T12
Aorta
Thoracic duct
Sometimes azygos and hemiazygos V
Where is the R crus of the diaphragm
Larger and longer (L3-4 vertebral bodies)
Where is the L crus of the diaphragm
L2-3