Abdomen Part 4 Flashcards
What muscles origin is iliac crest and iliolumbar ligament, insertion transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae and the twelfth rib, action flexes the vertebral column laterally and extends the vertebral column?
Quadratus lumborum
What muscles origin is transverse process of L1-L5, insertion lesser trochanter of femur, action flexes hip rotates thigh laterally flexes vertebral column?
Psoas major
What muscles origin is body disc and transverse process of L1, insertion superior pubic ramus, action flexes vertebral column?
Psoas minor
The aortic arch leads immediately into what other segment of the aorta?
Descending thoracic aorta
Once the descending aorta passes through the diaphragm it is known as what?
Abdominal aorta
At what level of the vertebral column does the aorta end?
L4
The aorta terminates by bifurcating into what two arteries?
Left and right common iliac arteries
What two arteries form an extensive anastomosis which supplies the anterior abdominal wall?
Superior and inferior epigastric arteries
What blood vessels carry blood to and from the diaphragm?
Superior and inferior phrenic arteries
What unpaired blood vessels arises from the abdominal aorta and splits into three branches that supply the stomach part of the duodenum and the liver and the spleen?
Celiac trunk
What artery supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach?
Left gastric artery
What artery supplies the spleen?
Splenic artery
What branch of the celiac trunk supplies the liver and related organs?
Common hepatic artery
What unpaired artery emerges from the abdominal aorta and supplies most of the small intestine the pancreas and the proximal part of the large intestine?
Superior mesenteric artery
What arteries supply the kidneys?
Renal arteries
