Abdominal Wall, Viscera, Portal Flashcards
External oblique
Lateral to what
Attached where
Fibers run what direction
Latissimus dorsi
Iliac crest
Lateral to medial
Ant abdominal wall muscles
Do what
What is deepest layer
What does rectus abdominus insert into
Compress abdominal cavity (vomiting, breathing)
Transversus abdominus
Lower ribs to pelvis
Rectus sheath consists of aponeuroses of what 3 things
EO, IO, and transversus abdominus
Arcuate line
What and where it is
Below umbilicus, where posterior part of rectus sheath ends
What makes up anterior rectus sheath
Internal oblique and external oblique
What makes up posterior rectus sheath
Internal oblique and transversus abdominus
Nerves to anterior abdominal wall
4, vertebral regions
T7-T11
Subcostal nerve (T12)
Iliohypogastric (L1)
Ilioinguinal (L1)
Iliohypogastric supplies what general area
Inferior abdomen, superior inguinal region, some supply to thighs
Ilioinguinal supplies what general area
Inguinal region and some thigh innervation
2 major arteries of anterior abdominal artery and where they branch from
Superior epigastric artery- internal thoracic artery
Inferior epigastric artery- external iliac artery
What run deep to inguinal ligament
Fem vein, artery, canal
Femoral canal
Site of which hernia
Loop of small intestine in women, strangulation risk
What muscle is a major part of inguinal ligament
External oblique
Inguinal canal: what runs through it
Spermatic cord
Round ligament of uterus
Path of spermatic cord
Deep inguinal ring, inguinal canal, superficial inguinal ring
What is contained by spermatic cord: 3
Ductus deferens
Testicular artery
Pampiniform plexus of veins
Testicular vein
Empties where
Role of pampiniform plexus
IVC near kidneys
Heat exchange from arterial blood
Where sperm is stored as it matures
Epididymis
Where head and tail of epididymis are
Head- superior teste
Tail- inferior
Testicular artery enters where
Superior pole of testes
Vas deferens enters testes where
Inferior poor
Ductus deferens turns into what
Epididymis at inferior pole of teste/ tail
What blood supplies inferior abdominal cavity
Inferior epigastric vessels from external iliac artery
Direct hernias
How you get them
Where they occur
Where they emerge
Acquired
Medial to inferior epigastric vessels
Superficial inguinal ring
Indirect inguinal hernias
How you get them
Where they happen
Emerge where
Congenital
Lateral to inferior epigastric vessels
Spermatic cord fascia