Abdomen Flashcards
What are the following incisions? Kocher's Lanz Gridiron Pfannestie Battle's?
diagram
Composition of the anterior and posterior rectus sheath above and below the arcuate line?
above- ant- eo and io. post- io and transverse, and transversalis fascia
below- ant- eo, io, transversus post- transversalis fascia
How can you find the appendix?
where the tinae coli coalesce
Surface landmark for appendix?
mcburney’s point- third of the way between ASIS and umbilicus
Appendicitis pain?
Generalised midgut pain, when peritoneum becomes inflammed pain localises to mcburney point
Psoas sign?
one leg flexed to relax psoas msucle
Is meckel’s a true diverticulum?
yes outpouching of mucosa muscle and serosa
Rule of 2 for meckels
2% of pop <2 feet from ileoceacal junction 2 inches in length commonly presents less than 2 years old 2:1 male:females
boundaries between fore, mid and hind gut?
fore and mid- ligament of treitz just above DJ flexure
mid and hind- 2/3 along transverse colon
how can you differentiate the jejunal and ileal arteries
Jejunum- arterial arcades short, vasa recta long
Ileum- arterial arcades long, vasa recta short
Definition of a hernia?
when part of an organ is displace and protrudes through the cavity containing it
divisions of coeliac trunk?
Common hepatic- proper hepatic, left hepatic, right hepatic, cystic,,, right gastric, gastrduodenal, supraduodenal, superior pancreatoduodenal, right gastroeipoleic
Left gastric- oesophageal
Splenic- short gastric and left gastroepiploeic
what ligamen do the short gastric, portal triad run in?
gastrolineal lig
hepatoduodenal
Divisions of the SMA?
Inferior pancreatoduodenal Middle Right colic Ileocolic- colic, caecal- ant, post- appendicular,,,ileal ileal jejunal
What artery anastamosises the SMA and IMA?
Marginal artery of Drummond