Ant abd wall and inguinal canal Flashcards
What are the layers of the anterior abdominal wall?
Skin
Superficial fascia
Muscles and aponeuroses
Deep fascia
Extraperitoneal fat
Parietal peritoneum
What are the two layers of superficial fascia in the ant abd wall?
Camper’s fascia
Scarpa’s fascia
What is the innervation of the external oblique?
Anterior rami of T7-T11 - thoracoabdominal splanchnic N
Subcostal N (T12)
What is the innervation of the internal oblique?
Anterior rami of T7-T11 - thoracoabdominal splanchnic N
Subcostal N (T12)
L1 splanchnic N
What is the innervation of the transversus abdominis?
Anterior rami of T7-T11 - thoracoabdominal splanchnic N
Subcostal N (T12)
L1 splanchnic N
What is the innervation of the rectus abdominis?
Anterior rami of T7-T11 - thoracoabdominal splanchnic N
Subcostal N (T12)
What continues as Colles’ fascia and forms the dartos muscle?
Scarpa’s fascia
What forms the inguinal ligament, superficial inguinal ring, and external spermatic fascia?
External oblique and its aponeurosis
What forms the cremaster fascia and muscle?
Internal oblique and aponeurosis
What forms the deep inguinal ring and internal spermatic fascia?
Transversalis fascia
What forms the conjoint tendon?
Internal oblique and transversus abdominis
What forms the processus vaginalis?
Parietal peritoneum
What forms the anterior layer of the rectus sheath above the arcuate line?
External oblique aponeurosis
Anterior lamina of internal oblique
What forms the posterior layer of the rectus sheath above the arcuate line?
Posterior lamina of internal oblique
Transversalis abdominus
What forms the anterior layer of the rectus sheath below the arcuate line?
Aponeuroses of the internal and external oblique, and the transversalis abdominis
What forms the posterior layer of the rectus sheath below the arcuate line?
Transversalis fascia
What are the contents of the rectus sheath?
Rectus abdominis
Pyramidalis
Superior and inferior epigastric arteries, veins, and lymphatics
T7-T12 splanchnic N
What are the commonly used abdominal incisions?
Median
Paramedian
Transverse
Suprapubic
Subcostal
Gridiron (Mcburney’s point)
What are the six common causes of abdomoinal distention?
Food
Fluid
Fat
Feces
Flatus
Fetus