Abdomen 1 Flashcards
What is A?
Costal margin
What is B?
Sacroiliac joint
What is C?
Pubic tubercle
What is D?
Pubic crest
What is E?
Pubic symthesis
What is F?
Anterior superior iliac spine
What is G?
Iliac crest
What is H?
Body of lumbar vertebrae
What is I?
12th rib
What is J?
Xiphoid process
What are the 4 quadrants indicated?
Right upper quadrant
Left upper quadrant
Right lower quadrant
Left lower quadrant
What are the quadrants centred around?
The umbilicus
What is A?
Transumbilical line
What is B?
Median line
What are the 9 clinical regions of the abdomen?
Right hypchondriac
Epigastric
Left hypochondriac
Right lumbar
Umbilical
Left lumbar
Right iliac
Hypogastric
Left iliac
What is 1?
Right and left midclavicular line
What is 2?
Intertubercular line
What is 3?
Subcostal line
What imaginary lines create the 4 quadrants of the abdomen?
Transumbilical line
Median line
What imaginary lines create the 9 clinical regions of the abdomen?
Right and left midclavicular lines
Intertubercular line
Subcostal line
List 3 organs/structures present in the right hypochondriac region?
Liver
Gallbladder
Right kidney
List 3 organs/structures present in the epigastric region?
Duodenum
Pancreas
Stomach
List 3 organs/structures present in the left hypochondriac region?
Stomach
Spleen
Left kidney
List 3 organs/structures present in the right lumbar region?
Ascending colon
Gallbladder
Liver
List 3 organs/structures present in the umbilical region?
Transverse colon
Jejenum
Ileum
List 3 organs/structures present in the left lumbar region?
Descending colon
Left kidney
Spleen
List 3 organs/structures present in the right iliac region?
Caecum
Appendix
Ascending colon
List 3 organs/structures present in the hypogastric region?
Rectum
Anal canal
Bladder
List two organs/structures present in the left iliac region?
Descending colon
Sigmoid colon
What is the antero-lateral abdominal wall constituded of?
External oblique
Internal oblique
Transversus abdominis
Rectus abdominis
What are the actions of the external obliques?
Compress and support abdominal viscera
Flex and rotate trunk opposite side
What are the actions of the internal obliques?
Compress and support abdominal viscera
Flex and rotate trunkto same side