Abdo Flashcards
Borders of the femoral canal Medial Lateral Anterior Posterior
Medial: lacunar ligament
Lateral: femoral vein
Anterior: inguinal ligament
Posterior: pectineal ligament of cooper
Content of the femoral canal
Fat
Cloquets nodes
Contents of the male Inguinal canal
Spermatic cord
Ilioinguinal nerve
Contents of the female inguinal canal
️round ligament
Ilioinguinal nerve
Geniculate branch of genfem nerve
Content of spermatic cord
3 layers of fascia
3 ateries
3 veins
2 nerves
Hesselbachs triangle
Medial: ️rectus abdominis
Lateral: inferior epigastric artery
Inferior: inguinal ligament
Border of the inguinal canal
- anterior
- posterior
- floor
- roof
Anterior: external oblique and internal oblique for lateral third
Posterior: transversalis fascia and conjoint tendon for medial third
Floor: inguinal ligament
Roof: arching fibres of transversus and internal oblique
4 parts of dueodenum
D1: dueodenul cap - commonest place for dueodenul ulcers, overlapped by gall bladder
D2 : descending part, contains major dueodenul papilla
D3: inferior part - can be compressed by SMA anneryseum
D4: ascending part, end at dj flexure/ligament of trietz
Denate line
Sqaumomucosal junction
White line
Where anal canal becomes true skin
Calot triangle margins
Superior- inferior edge of ️liver
Medial : common hepatic duct and right hepatic duct
Inferior - cystic ducts
Contents of calot triangle
Cystic atery
Also - calots/Lund node, abberent hepatic artery
Innervation of the abdominal wall
Intercostal nerves T7-T11
Subcostal nerve - T12
Ilio-inguinal and ilio-hypo gastric nerves - l1
Blood supply to the abdominal wall
Superior: superficial - musculophrenic artery, Deep - superficial epigastric
Inferior: superficial - 2 branches of the femorals, deep- branches of the external iliac
Where is the arcuate line of Douglas
Midway between the umbilicus and the pubic symphysis
Above the arcuate line the rectus sheath complelty encloses the rectus muscle, this allows expansion of the pelvic content into the abdomen