ABDOMEN: SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY

Question 1

Part of the trunk

Answer 1

ABDOMEN

Question 2

The abdomen is inferior to this structure

Answer 2

THORACIC CAVITY

Question 3

The abdomen is superior to this structure

Answer 3

PELVIC CAVITY

Question 4

What surrounds the abdomen

Answer 4

MUSCULOMEMBRANOUS WALLS

Question 5

What is the superior boundary of the abdomen?

Answer 5

DIAPHRAGM

Question 6

What is the inferior boundary of the abdomen?

Answer 6

PELVIC INLET

Question 7

What are the contents of the abdomen?

Answer 7

PERITONEAL CAVITY

ABDOMINAL VISCERA

Question 8

The abdomen can extend superiorly to where?

Answer 8

AS HIGH AS THE 4TH INTERCOSTAL SPACE

Question 9

The abdomen can extend inferiorly to where?

Answer 9

IT IS CONTINUOUS WITH THE PELVIC CAVITY

Question 10

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

Answer 10

TOPOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF THE ABDOMEN

Question 11

What are the schemes of surface topography?

Answer 11

4 QUADRANT PATTERN

9 REGION PATTERN

Question 12

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

Answer 12

TRANSUMBILICAL PLANE

Question 13

Where does the transumbilical plane passes through?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

VERTICAL MEDIAN PLANE

Question 15

Organs on the Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Organs on the Left upper Quadrant (LUQ)

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Organs on the Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Organs on the Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)

Answer 18

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

Question 19

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

Answer 19

9 REGION PATTERN

Question 20

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

Answer 20

SUBCOSTAL PLANE

Question 21

The subcostal plane is located where?

Answer 21

AT THE LOWER BORDER OF THE COSTAL CARTILAGE OF RIB 10

Question 22

The subcostal plane passes posteriorly through where?

Answer 22

IT PASSES POSTERIORLY THROUGH THE BODY OF VERTEBRA L3

Question 23

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

Answer 23

INTERTUBERCULAR PLANE

Question 24

The intertubercular plane passes through where?

Answer 24

PASSES THROUGH THE UPPER PART OF THE BODY OF VERTEBRA L5

Question 25

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

Answer 25

VERTICAL PLANES

Question 26

What are the 9 regions of the abdominal cavity?

Answer 26

``` RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC EPIGASTRIC LEFTHYPOCHONDRIAC RIGHT LUMBAR UMBILICAL LEFTLUMBAR RIGHT ILIAC HYPOGASTRIC LEFT ILIAC ```

Question 27

What are the organs on the right hypochondriac region?

Answer 27

``` LIVER RIGHT KIDNEY GALLBLADDER SMALL INTESTINES LARGE INTESTINES ```

Question 28

What are the organs on the epigastric region?

Answer 28

``` LIVER STOMACH SPLEEN DUODENUM ADRENAL GLANDS PANCREAS ```

Question 29

What are the organs on the left hypochondriac region?

Answer 29

``` PARTS OF LIVER STOMACH PANCREAS LEFT KIDNEY SPLEEN SMALL INTESTINES LARGE INTESTINES ```

Question 30

What are the organs on the right lumbar region?

Answer 30

``` ASCENDING COLON SMALL INTESTINES RIGHT KIDNEY GALLBLADDER LIVER RIGHT COLON ```

Question 31

What are the organs on the umbilical region?

Answer 31

DUODENUM SMALL INTESTINES TRANSVERSE COLON UMBILICUS

Question 32

What are the organs on the left lumbar region?

Answer 32

DESCENDING COLON SMALL INTESTINES LEFT KIDNEY

Question 33

What are the organs on the right iliac region?

Answer 33

APPENDIX CECUM ASCENDING COLON SMALL INTESTINES

Question 34

What are the organs on the hypogastric region?

Answer 34

URINARY BLADDER SIGMOID COLON SMALL INTESTINES REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

Question 35

What are the organs on the left iliac region?

Answer 35

SIGMOID COLON DESCENDING COLON SMALL INTESTINES

Question 36

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

Answer 36

TRANSPYLORIC PLANE

Question 37

Where does the Transpyloric plane passes through posteriorly?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

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

Answer 38

ILIAC CREST