ABDOMEN: SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY Flashcards

1
Q

Part of the trunk

A

ABDOMEN

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2
Q

The abdomen is inferior to this structure

A

THORACIC CAVITY

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3
Q

The abdomen is superior to this structure

A

PELVIC CAVITY

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4
Q

What surrounds the abdomen

A

MUSCULOMEMBRANOUS WALLS

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5
Q

What is the superior boundary of the abdomen?

A

DIAPHRAGM

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6
Q

What is the inferior boundary of the abdomen?

A

PELVIC INLET

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7
Q

What are the contents of the abdomen?

A

PERITONEAL CAVITY

ABDOMINAL VISCERA

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8
Q

The abdomen can extend superiorly to where?

A

AS HIGH AS THE 4TH INTERCOSTAL SPACE

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9
Q

The abdomen can extend inferiorly to where?

A

IT IS CONTINUOUS WITH THE PELVIC CAVITY

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10
Q

Used to describe the location of abdominal organs and the pain associated with abdominal pain

A

TOPOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF THE ABDOMEN

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11
Q

What are the schemes of surface topography?

A

4 QUADRANT PATTERN

9 REGION PATTERN

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12
Q

What is the plane in the 4 quadrant pattern that divides it horizontally?
It divides the quadrant into right and left sides

A

TRANSUMBILICAL PLANE

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13
Q

Where does the transumbilical plane passes through?

A

IT PASSES THROUGH THE UMBILICUS AND INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS (L3 & L4)

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14
Q

What is the plane in the 4 quadrant pattern that divides it vertically?
It divides the quadrant into upper and lower regions

A

VERTICAL MEDIAN PLANE

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15
Q

Organs on the Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

A
LIVER
STOMACH
GALLBLADDER
DUODENUM
RIGHT KIDNEY
PANCREAS
TRANSVERSE COLON
RIGHT ADRENAL GLAND
ASCENDING COLON
APPENDIX
BILE DUCT
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16
Q

Organs on the Left upper Quadrant (LUQ)

A
LIVER
LEFT ADRENAL GLAND
STOMACH
LEFT KIDNEY
PANCREAS
SPLEEN
TRANSVERSE COLON
SMALL INTESTINE
UPPER URETER
JEJUNUM
ILEUM
DESCENDING COLON
17
Q

Organs on the Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)

A
LARGE INTESTINES 
CECUM
APPENDIX
RIGHT URETER ASCENDING COLON TERMINAL ILEUM
URINARY BLADDER
RIGHT OVARY
UTERUS
18
Q

Organs on the Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)

A
SMALL INTESTINES
LARGE INTESTINES
LEFTURETER
SIGMOID COLON
DESCENDING COLON
UPPER RECTUM
URINARY BLADDER
UTERUS
LEFT OVARY
UMBILICUS
RECTUM
ANUS
19
Q

A scheme of surface topography that is based on 2 horizontal and 2 vertical planes

A

9 REGION PATTERN

20
Q

What is the superior horizontal lane that is inferior to the costal margin

A

SUBCOSTAL PLANE

21
Q

The subcostal plane is located where?

A

AT THE LOWER BORDER OF THE COSTAL CARTILAGE OF RIB 10

22
Q

The subcostal plane passes posteriorly through where?

A

IT PASSES POSTERIORLY THROUGH THE BODY OF VERTEBRA L3

23
Q

What is the inferior horizontal plane of the 9 region pattern that connects the tubercle of the iliac crest?

A

INTERTUBERCULAR PLANE

24
Q

The intertubercular plane passes through where?

A

PASSES THROUGH THE UPPER PART OF THE BODY OF VERTEBRA L5

25
Q

The plane of the 9 region pattern that passes from the midpoint of the clavicles inferiorly to a point midway between the anterior superior iliac spine and pubic symphysis

A

VERTICAL PLANES

26
Q

What are the 9 regions of the abdominal cavity?

A
RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC
EPIGASTRIC
LEFTHYPOCHONDRIAC
RIGHT LUMBAR
UMBILICAL
LEFTLUMBAR
RIGHT ILIAC
HYPOGASTRIC
LEFT ILIAC
27
Q

What are the organs on the right hypochondriac region?

A
LIVER
RIGHT KIDNEY
GALLBLADDER
SMALL INTESTINES
LARGE INTESTINES
28
Q

What are the organs on the epigastric region?

A
LIVER
STOMACH
SPLEEN
DUODENUM
ADRENAL GLANDS
PANCREAS
29
Q

What are the organs on the left hypochondriac region?

A
PARTS OF LIVER
STOMACH
PANCREAS
LEFT KIDNEY
SPLEEN
SMALL INTESTINES
LARGE INTESTINES
30
Q

What are the organs on the right lumbar region?

A
ASCENDING COLON
SMALL INTESTINES
RIGHT KIDNEY 
GALLBLADDER
LIVER
RIGHT COLON
31
Q

What are the organs on the umbilical region?

A

DUODENUM
SMALL INTESTINES
TRANSVERSE COLON
UMBILICUS

32
Q

What are the organs on the left lumbar region?

A

DESCENDING COLON
SMALL INTESTINES
LEFT KIDNEY

33
Q

What are the organs on the right iliac region?

A

APPENDIX
CECUM
ASCENDING COLON
SMALL INTESTINES

34
Q

What are the organs on the hypogastric region?

A

URINARY BLADDER
SIGMOID COLON
SMALL INTESTINES
REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

35
Q

What are the organs on the left iliac region?

A

SIGMOID COLON
DESCENDING COLON
SMALL INTESTINES

36
Q

The plane that is sometimes used instead of the subcostal plane that is halfway the jugular notch and the symphysis pubis and also halfway between the umbilicus and the inferior end of the body of sternum

A

TRANSPYLORIC PLANE

37
Q

Where does the Transpyloric plane passes through posteriorly?

A

IT PASSES POSTERIORLY THROUGH THE LOWER BORDER OF VERTEBRA L1 AND INTERSECTING WITH THE COSTAL MARGIN AT THE ENDS OF THE 9TH COSTAL CARTILAGE

38
Q

A palpable structure 5 cm posterior to the anterior superior iliac spine

A

ILIAC CREST