Anatomy Abdomen GI S9-14 Flashcards
What forms the posterior boder of the abdominal cavity?
Lumbar vertebra, psoas major and minor illiacus quadratus lumborum tranverse abdominus
What is the left crus?
Where the diaphragm attaches to te vertebra
What is the median arcuate ligament?
It is the dee of the diaphragm muscle over the aorta
What is the medial arcuate ligament?
It crosses over the psoas major as part of the diaphragm
What is the transpyloric plane?
horizontal plane that goes across the L1 vertebra
What is the epigastric region?
The area top row middle
where is the hypochondrium?
Upper left and right regions
Which planes split the abdomen into many areas?
The midclavicular lines the subcostal planes and the intertubercular plane
What is the middle white line of rectus abdominus called?
Linea alba
What is the superficial fascia of the abdomen?
the skin and subcutaneous fat
What is the camper fascia and scarps fascia?
Layers in lower abdomen that pass over the penis or labia majorum
What is the external oblique like?
It has fibres runnin in and down and aponeurosis at centre over rectus abdominus
What is the inferior attachement of external oblique?
The inguinal ligament
What is immediately deep to external oblique?
Internal oblique
What is internal oblique like?
It runs in and upmostly but changed to down lower in abdomen. it forms the apponeurosis at the middle going either side of the inguinal canal
What is the transversalis fascia?
The layer of connective tissue directly below transvers abdominal it is contiunous through the pelvic cavity its thickness varies and attaches to many bones
What is the structure of the rectus sheath?
upper 3/4 is frontal sheet from external middle spil from internal and posterior sheet from transersis abdominus. In the lower quater they all go to front with just transversailis fascia at the back
What is the arcuate line?
a line marking the change in rectus sheath
Which dermotomes are on the abdomen?
T7 to T12
Which arteries supple external parts of the abdomen?
musculophrenic which comes from internal thoracic, superficial epigastric artery, superior epigastric,
Which layers make up the inguinal canal?
Transversailis, internal oblique and external oblique.
What is the deep inguinal ring?
It is the deep ring made of the three layers of abdominal wall,
What is the superficial inguinal ring?
it is a triangle shaped opening in the abdomen made of apponeurosis of external oblique, it has parts from parts attaching to the pubic tubercle and the pubic symphesis making the medial and lateral crus
What forms the anterior wall of the inguinal canal?
The aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle
What forms the posterior wall of the inguinal canal?
The conjoined tendon which is transveris abdominus and internal oblique to the line
What is the contents of the inguinal canal?
The spermatic cord in men or round ligament of the uterus in women the spermatic cord contains the ductus deferens the artery to it the testicular artery papiniform plexus of veins cremesteric artery and vein genital branch of genitofemoral nerve smpathetic and visceral nerve fibres lymphatics and processus vaginalis
What are the coverings of the spermatic cord?
The internal spermatic fascia, the cremesteric fascia and the external spermatic fascia.
What is the inguinal triangle?
It is made from the inferior epigastric artery lateerally, medially by the rectus abdomius and inferiorly by inguinal ligament
Where does the greater ommentum attach to?
Greater curvature of the stomach, and the first part of the duodenum it also attaches to the back wall of the abdomen by the transverse colon
Where does the lesser omentum attach to?
The lesser curvature of the stomach and the first part of the duodenum to the interior surface of the liver.
What are the two ligaments that make the the lesser ommentum?
the hepatogastric and hepatoduodenal
What is the transverse mesocolon?
The fold of peritoneum that goes from the transverse colon to the posterior abdomen wall
What are the regions of the stomach?
Cardia, Fundus of stomach, Body of stomach, Pyloric part.
What are the parts of the duodenum?
Superior part, descending part, inferior and ascending