Ach: Kidney, Posterior Abdominal Wall, Diaphragm Flashcards
What are the muscles that line the posterior abdominal wall?
Psoas major Psoas minor iliacus quadratus lumborum transverse abdominus
Psoas major
O:
I:
O: lumbar vertebral bodies
I: joins iliacus muscle after tapering at L5
What does the iliopsoas pass beneath and where does it insert?
inguinal ligament
lesser trochanter of the femur
Action of iliopsoas?
Flexes vertebral column
Action of iliacus?
flexes hip joint
Psoas minor
Antererior to psoas major
T12/L1—> pectineal line and iliacus fascia
Weak FLEXOR of the vertebral column
Iliacus
Superior part of the iliac fossa–> joins psoas to insert on the lesser trochanter
Flexion of the iliacus and psoas will…
flex the thigh at the hip joint
Movements of the iliopsoas may be accompanied by pain if…
There is disease in the: ureters kidneys cecum appendix sigmoid colon pancreas lumbar LN nerves on posterior abdominal wall
Quadratus lumborum
Iliac crest/2-4 lumbar transverse processes–> 12 rib
What does the quadratus lumborum in relation to the diaphragm and the trunk?
Holds 12th rib down against traction exerted by the diaphragm
Alone–flexes the trunk
together both sides can EXTEND the trunk
What is the third and innermost of the 3 flat muscles of the anterior abdominal wall?
Transverse abdominus
What is the transversalis fascia?
The fascia that covers the posterior abdominal muscles. Each has it’s own name, but this is the general term for all of it.
The muscular portion of the diaphragm that surrounds the periphery is derived from what mesoderm?
somatic
What is the sternal portion of the diaphragm derived form?
xiphoid process of sternum and the
adjacent aponeurosis of the transversus abdominus
What is the costal portion of the diaphragm derived from?
cartilage and bony surfaces of ribs 7-12
What are the sternocostal triangles?
Gaps between the sternal and costal portions through which the SUPERIOR EPIGASTRIC VESSELS continue into the abdomen
What does the lumbar portion of the diaphragm arise from?
vertebral column in the form of 2 crura
What is the difference between the left and right crus?
Right- longer, better developed, form V1-3
Left- from L1-2
What forms the esophageal hiatus and the suspensory ligament of the duodenum?
Right crus
What is the median arcuate ligament and what does it form?
the tendinous arch that unites the two crura in the midline forming the AORTIC HIATUS
What does the mediaN arcuate ligament pass over?
the anterior surface of hte aorta
What are the mediaL arcuate ligaments?
thickenings of fascia ARCHING over the PSOAS MAJOR
attach to L1 and vertebral body of L1-2
The thickening of fascia that arches over the superior part of hte QUADRATUS LUMBORUM is? What is it’s O and I?
lateral arcuate ligament
Transverse process of the FIRST lumbar vertebrae to the 12th rib