Abdominal Clinical Correlation and Surface Anatomy of Abdomen Flashcards
Three forms of pain
Somatic
Visceral
Referred pain
arise from skin, fascia, muscles and parietal peritoneum
Somatic abdominal pain
severe and precisely localized
Somatic abdominal pain
Pain impulses from the abdomen reach the central nervous system in the following segmental spinal nerves. What nerve innervates the central part of the diaphragm? A. Phrenic nerve C4-C5 B. Phrenic nerve C2-C4 C. Phrenic nerve C3-C5 D. Phrenic nerve T7-T11
C. Phrenic nerve C3-C5
What nerve innervates the peripheral part of the diaphragm? A. Phrenic nerve C4-C5 B. Intercostal nerve T7-T11 C. Phrenic nerve C3-C5 D. Phrenic nerve T7-T11
B. Intercostal nerve T7-T11
What nerve innervates the anterior abdominal wall?
A. Obturator nerve C4-C5
B. Thoracic nerve T7-T12, including L1
C. Thoracic nerve T6-T11 including L3
D. Phrenic nerve T7-T11
B. Thoracic nerve T7-T12, including L1
What nerve innervates the pelvic wall?
A. Obturator nerve L2-L4
B. Intercostal nerve T7-T11
C. Phrenic nerve C3-C5
D. Phrenic nerve T7-T11
A. Obturator nerve L2-L4
Why the inflamed parietal peritoneum is extremely sensitive to pain?
nerves innervate the full thickness of the abdominall wall
increased tone or rigidity
local reflexes involving the same nerves bring about a protective phenomenon in which abdominal muscles increase in tone
guarding
this occurs when parietal peritoneum is inflamed in which any movement of that inflamed peritoneum, even when that movement is elicited by removing the examining hand from a site distant from the inflamed peritoneum brings about tenderness
rebound tenderness
Characterized by cutaneous hyperesthesia, tenderness and muscular spasm or rigidity occur in the lower right quadrant of the anterior abdominal wall
appendicitis
the parietal peritoneum is chemically irritated, produces the same symptoms and signs but involves the right upper and lower quadrants
perforated peptic ulcer
arises in abdominal organs, visceral peritoneum and the mesenteries
visceral abdominal pain
The causes of visceral pain except:
A. stretching of aviscus or mesentery
B. distention of a hollow viscus
C. Chemical damage to a viscus or its covering peritoneum
D. Mechanical damage and constriction of hollow viscus
D. Mechanical damage and constriction of hollow viscus
Pain arising from this area is dull and poorly localized
abdominal viscus
pain referred to the midline
visceral pain
form of visceral pain produced by the violent contraction of smooth muscle
colic
Common cause of luminal obstruction except:
A. Intestinal obstruction
B. passage of gallstone in the biliary ducts
C. passage of a stone in the ureters
D. Appendicitis
D. Appendicitis
feeling of pain at a location other than the site of origin of the stimulus but in an area supplied by the same or adjacent segments of the spinal cord
Referred abdominal pain
the nerve fibers form the diseased structure and the area where the pain is felt ascend in the central nervous system along a common pathway and the cerebral cortex is incapable of distinguishing between the sites
referred somatic pain
stomach pain can be referred to?
epigastrium
Why stomach pain can be referred to epigastrium?
A. The afferent pain fibers from the stomach ascend in company with the sympathetic nerves and pass through the celiac plexus and the greater splanchnic nerves
B. The sensory fibers enter the spinal cord at segments T5 and 9 and give rise to referred pain in T5 to 9 on the lower chest and abdominal wall
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
C. All of the above
Which is correct regarding the referred pain of appendix
A. caused by distention of the lumen of appendix or spasm of its smooth muscle coat
B. Pain travels in nerve fibers that accompany sympathetic nerves through the superior mesenteric plexus and the greater splanchnic nerve to the spinal cord (T12 segment)
C. The vague referred pain is felt in the epigastric area
D. All of the above
A
B. Pain travels in nerve fibers that accompany sympathetic nerves through the superior mesenteric plexus and the superior splanchnic nerve to the spinal cord (T10 segment)
C. The vague referred pain is felt in the region of the umbilicus (T10 dermatome)
Which is correct regarding the referred pain of cholecystitis or gallstone colic?
A. celiac plexus and greater splanchnic nerves travel together to segment T5 and T9 of spinal cord
B. Vague referred pain is felt in the dermatomes on the lower chest and upper abdominal wall
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
C. All of the above
Which statement is incorrect?
A. inflammatory process spreads to and involve the parietal peritoneum of the anterior abdominal wall or peripheral diaphragm
B. the severe somatic pain is felt in the right upper quadrant and through to the back below the inferior angle of the scapula
C. Involvement of the central diaphragmatic parietal peritoneum which is innervated by the thoracic nerve (T7-T12 including L1)
D. Referred pain over the shoulder because the supraclavicular nerves (C3 and C4) innervate the skin in this area
C.
Involvement of the central diaphragmatic parietal peritoneum which is innervated by the phrenic nerve (C3-C5)
A thin cartilaginous lower part of the sternum
Xiphoid Process
Lies opposite the body of T9
Xiphisternal Junction
Indicated in cardiac tamponade
Pericardiocentesis
Curved lower margin of the thoracic wall
Costal margin
Costal Margin is formed in front by cartilages of what ribs?
7th, 8th, 9th and 10th ribs
Which is true of costal cartilage? A. Reaches its lowest level at the 10th costal cartilage B. Behind by 11 and 12 ribs C. Lies opposite the body of L3 D. All of the above
D. All of the above
palpable along its entire length and ends in front at the anterior superior iliac spine and behind at the posterior superior iliac spine
iliac crest
highest point of iliac crest lies opposite the?
body of L4
About 2 inches posterior to ASIS, the outer margin project to form what structure?
tubercle of the crest
The tubercle lies at the level of which vertebrae
body of L5
It is an important surface landmark and may be identified as a small protuberance along the superior surface of the pubis
Pubic tubercle
cartilaginous joint that lies in the midline between the bodies of the pubic bones
symphysis pubis
can be felt as solid structure pubic bones medial to the pubic tubercle
symphysis pubis
Which is true?
A. Symphysis pubis is located beneath the skin in the midline at the lower extremity of the anterior abdominal wall
B. The ridge on the superior surface of the pubic bones medial to the pubic tubercle
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
C. All of the above