Abdominal Wall Flashcards
What ligament runs from the ASIS to the lateral margin of the pubic bone?
inguinal ligament
What divides the abdomen into upper and lower quadrants?
umbilicus
What level does the abdominal aorta divide into l and r common iliacs?
umbilicus
What is located w/i the RUQ?
r. lobe of liver; gallbladder; pylorus of stomach; duodeum; head of pancreas; r. kidney; ascending colon, hepatic flexure, r. 1/2 of transverse colon
What is located w/i the LUQ?
left lobe of liver; spleen; stomach; jejunum and proximal ileum; body and tail of pancreas; l. kidney; left 1/2 of transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon
What is located w/i the RLQ?
majority of ileum; cecum and apendix; ascending colong; ureter
What is located w/i the LLQ?
descending colon; sigmoid colon; l. ureter
Starting from superficial to deep, what are the layers of the abterior abdominal wall?
skin; Campers fascia; Scarpa fascia; investing fascias (around muscles); transversalis fascia; extraperitoneal fat; parietal peritoneum
What are the two layers of subutaneous tissue or superficial fascias of the abdomen?
Campers: superficial fatty layer
Scarpa: deep membraous layer
The superficial fascia (campers and scarpa) of anterior abdominal wall is continuous with what?
penis and scrotum; bruising in abdomen would show up thereb/c all in same plane
The sheaths of what two muscles wrap around the rectus abdominus?
external and interal abdominal obliques
rectus abdominis OI
arise from ribs and insert on pubic bone area
Vertebral levels of belly button and pubic bone
T10: belly button
T12: pubic bone
Innervation of all abdominal muscles?
ventral rami of thoracic spinal nerves
What is the landmark that separates the internal oblique from transverse abdominis?
neurovascular bundles b/w the two
The aponeurosis of the flat abdominal muscles forms what?
rectus sheath (w/ anterior and posterior layers)
The bilateral rectus sheaths fuse in the midline to form what?
linea alba
What is the outer border of the rectus sheath?
linea semilunaris
What are the contents of the rectus sheath?
rectus abdominis muscle; sup. and inf. epigastric vessels; lymphatic vessels; thoracoabdominal nerves
Below the belly button, what is the orientation of the rectus sheath and rectus abdominal muscle?
all 3 aponeuroses go infront of rectus muscle
Above the belly button, what is the orienation of the rectus sheath and abdominis muscle?
the aponeuroses of external oblique and half of internal oblique go in front and the other half of internal oblique and transverses abdominis go behind
At what point to all the aponeuroses go infront of the rectus muscle?
at the arcuate line
What is the only thing located behind the rectus abdominis muscles below the arcuate line?
transversalis fascia, extraperitoneal fat and parietal peritoneum
The internal thoracic artery divides into what?
musculophrenic for blood supply to diaphragm and also superior epigastric
Where does superior epigastric a. run?
b/w rectus abdominis muscle and posterior rectus sheath