Abdomen & Pelvis - Anterior Abdominal Wall Flashcards
(28 cards)
What is the lateral border of rectus abdominis ?
Linea circularis
Trans umbalical plane is at what vertebral level ?
L4
What is the key anatomical points in the trejectory of midclavicular line ?
It starts at the ipsilateral midclavicular point - pass through the edge of the 9th costal cartilage - through the deep inguinal ring- mid inguinal point - and the femoral artery pulse.
The trans pyloric plane pass at what vertebral level and costal cartilage ?
L1 and 9th costal cartilage
The vertebral level of subcostal plane ?
L3
What is the trejectory of trans -tuburcular plane ?
Through the illiac tubrucle at the level of L5.
What are the planes involved in dividing the abdominal wall into 6 regions ?
Transpyloric plane, transtuburcular plane and the midclavicular line.
What are the pathologies that can be associated to epigastric region
- The aortic pulse left of the middline.
- Tumors of the stomach
- pain from foregut structures are felt here.
What are the pathologies that can be associated to umbalical region ?
- pain from midd-gut structures.
- Aortic pulse
What are the pathologies that can be associated to suprapubic region ?
- pain from hind-gut structures.
- uterus and bladder can be palpated.
What is the upper border of the liver ?
4th intercostal space which corresponds to the nipple in a male.
What is the left border of the liver ?
It cross the midline behind the xephoid process.
What is the location of galbladder
It is at the level of the tip of the 9th costal cartilage where midd clavicular line and trans-pyloric plane intersects.
What is the surface marking of spleen ?
9th, 10th and 11th ribs on the left hypocndriac region and anterior to the left costo-diapgramatic recess of the pleural cavity.
Left kidney is higher than the right and reaches ____ rib ?
11th
Kidneys are ___ organs ?
retroperitonial
Right kidney is lower than the left and reaches ____ rib ?
12th
The hylum of the kidneys and the origin of the uretur are at ____ level ?
L1- Transpyloric plane of Addison.
Transpyloric plane of Addison is mid-way between ____ and umbilicus?
Tip of the Xephoid process.
The importance of the tip of the 9th costal cartilage ?
- Midd clavicular line passes
- location of gallbladder
- intersection of midd clavicular and trans-pyloric planes
- Intersection of linea circularis and transpyloric plane.
What are the visceral structures located at the trans-pyloric plane of Addison ?
- Pylorus of stomach
- Formation of portal vein
- Fundus of gallbladder
- Origin of superior mesenteric artery
- neck of Pancreas.
The hyla of the kidneys.
What is Murphy’s point ?
It is the surface marking of the fundus of the gallbladder.
What is McBurny’s point ?
It is the point at which the base of the apendix located. It lies on the distal 1/3rd of an imaginarry line drawn from the umballicus to the ASIS.
What is the location of Midd-inguinal point ?
It is midd way b/w ASIS and symphysis pubic.
