Anterior Abdominal Wall And Inguinal-1/4/16 Flashcards
Identify the TRANSTUBERCULAR PLANE
- Tubercles of iliac crests
- Body of LV5
Identify the TRANSUMBILICAL PLANE
- LV3-4
- Similar to supracrestal plane
Identify the SUBCOSTAL PLANE
- 10th costal cartilages
- Superior border LV3
Identify the TRANSPYLORIC PLANE
- T12-LV1
- Halfway between jugular notch and pubic symphysis
- Goes through pyloric part of stomach which is “fixed”
Identify the MIDCLAVICULAR PLANE
- Midpoint of clavicle
- Midinguinal point
Identify the MIDSAGITTAL PLANE
- Linea Alba
- Passes through umbilicus
List contents of the RUQ
Gallbladder duodenum Right pleura Liver (right lobe) Right kidney
List contents of LUQ
Spleen Stomach Left pleura Pancreas tail Left kidney
List contents of RLQ
Right ureter
Cecum
Iliad diverticulitis
Vermiform appendix
List contents of LLQ
Left ureter
Descending and sigmoid colon
List the regions of the upper abdomen
R and L hypochondriac
Epi gastric
List the regions of the mid-abdomen
R and L lumbar (lateral)
Umbilical
List the regions of the lower abdomen
R and L inguinal (iliac) Hypo gastric (pubic)
List the anterior abdominal wall muscles
Rectus abdominis and sometimes pyramidalis
List the anterolateral abdominal muscles
External oblique
Internal oblique
Transversospinalis abdominis
List the Posterior abdominal muscles
Iliacus
Psoas major and minor
QUADRATUS lumborum
The _____ ligament is an “extension” of the inguinal l. And is important in FEMORAL HERNIAS
Lacunar
The cremaster muscle is from which abdominal muscle layer?
Internal oblique
What are the functions of the anterior abdominal wall muscles?
1) Flex trunk (anteriorly)
2) Laterally flex trunk
3) Rotate the trunk
4) assist in respiration
5) important in valsalva maneuver
6) also act during coughing, sneezing, urination, defecation, vomiting, and parturition
List the fascial layers of the anterior abdominal wall from superficial to deep
Skin–> fatty layer (camper’s) –> Membranous layer (scarpas) –> Superficial investing fascia –> external oblique m. –> intm. Investing fascia –> internal oblique m. –> deep investing fascia –> transversus abdominis –> transversalis fascia –> extraperitoneal fat –> parietal peritoneum