Anterior Abdominal Wall Flashcards
9 regions of abdomen
1) right hypochondrium
2) epigastric region
3) left hypochondrium
4) Right flank
5) umbilical region
6) left flank
7) right groin
8) pubic region
9) left groin
layers of anterolateral abdominal wall
Skin.
Superficial fascia (Camper’s/fatty/Scarpa’s/membranous).
Deep fascia (connective tissue sheaths, transversalis fascia).
Extraperitoneal fat.
Parietal peritoneum.
flat muscles of anterolateral abdominal wall
external oblique
internal oblique
transversus abdominus
2 vertical muscles of anterolateral abdominal wall
rectus abdominis
pyramidalis
innervation of external oblique
intercostal nerves T7-T11,
subcostal nerve T12
origin/insertion of external oblique
O: 5th -12th ribs
I: linea alba, pubic tubercle, anterior iliac crest
innervation of internal oblique
intercostal nerves T7-12, iliohypogastric n. ilioinguinal n (L1)
origin/insertion of internal oblique
O: thoracolumbar fascia, iliac crest, ASIS, iliopsoas fascia
I: 10th-12th ribs, linea alba
innervation of transversus abdominis
intercostal nerves T7-12, iliohypogastric n. ilioinguinal n (L1)
transversus abdominis origin/insertion
O: 7th-12th costal cartilages, thoracolumbar fascia, iliac crest, ASIS, iliopsoas fascia
I: linea alba, pubic crest
rectus abdominis O,I,N
O: pubis
I: 5th-7th intercostal cartilages, xiphoid process
N: intercostal nn (T5-12)
pyramidalis OIN
O: pubis
I: linea alba
N: subcostal T12
semilunar line
Lateral sides of rectus abdominis
arcuate line
lower line of the “six pack”
shift from 1.5 anterior/posterior to all 3 anterior (layers of the rectus sheath)
nerves of anterolateral abdominal wall
above umbilicus: T7-T9
umbilicus = T10
below umbilicus: T11-L1
arteries of anterolateral abdominal wall
superior epigastric (from internal thoracic) anastamoses with inferior epigastric (external iliac)
deep
veins of anterolateral abdominal wall
1) superior epigastric v
2) inferior epigastric v
3) paraumbilical vv in round ligament of liver
infraumbilical peritoneal folds
Median fold (1) [urachus]
Medial umbilical folds (2) [umbilical arteries]
Lateral umbilical folds (2) [inferior epigastric vessels]