anterolateral abdominal wall Flashcards
What is the top of the abdominal cavity?
this structure has a difference between its right and left side…
Diaphragm
- Right dome rise as high as th 5th rib
- Left dome rises as high a 5th intercostal spcae (between 5-6)
- remember the heart is here, taking up space n stuff
what is protected by the lower ribs and costal cartilages?
upper abdominal organs:
- liver and spleen
- may be injured by fractures of the lower ribs
define the abdominal wall
- 5 lumbar vetebrae
- wings of the ilia
- skeletal muscle and aponeurosis
list the conents of the RUQ
- Live:righ lobe
- gall bladder
- stomach: pylorus
- duodenum: pats 1-3
- pancreas head
- right suprarenal gland
- right kidney
- right colic(hepatic) flexture
- ascending colon: superior part
- transverse colon: right half
List the contents of the LUQ
- Liver: left lobe
- spleen
- stomach
- jejunum and proximal ileum
- pancreas: body and tail
- left kidney
- left suprarenal gland
- left colic(splenic) flexure
- transverse colon: left half
- descending colon: superior part
List the contents of the right lower quadrant
- cecum
- verimorm appendix
- most of ileum
- ascending colon: inferior part
- right ovary
- right uterine tube
- right ureter: abdominal part
- right spermatic cord(abdominal part)
- uterus (if enlarged)
- urinary bladder (if full)
list the contents of the left lower quadrant
- sigmoid colon
- descending colon: inferior part
- left ovary
- left uterine tube
- left ureter: abdominal part
- left spermatic cord: abdominal part
- uterus (if enlarged)
- urinary bladder (if very full)
describe the 9 regions of the abdomen
- subcostal plane
- intertubercular plane
- midclavicular planes
list the utaneous nerves of the suerficial fascia along the anterolateral abdominal wall
- thoracoabdominal nerves
- T7-T11
- note T10 innervates the umbilical
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pan from the lower thracic wall
- due to pleurisy
- T7-T11
- subcostal nerve
- T12
- ilihypogastric and iliolingual nerves
- L1
what are the two lines the generate the four quadrants of the abdomen?
median plane + transumbilical plane
list the location and, if given, names ofthe thoracic nerves.
- T7-T11
- thoracoabdominal nerves
- T12
- subcostal nerve
- L1
- iliohypogastic/ilioinguinal nerves
- provided to skin of the groin
- iliohypogastic/ilioinguinal nerves
list the arteries of the abdominal wall
- deeper vessels
- inferior epigastric artery
- external iliac
- anastomosis is potential source of collateral circulation
- suerior epigastric artery
- internal thoracic
- anastomosis is a potential source of collateral ciculation
- deep circumflex iliac artery
- from the external iliac artery
compare superficial fascia superior and inferior to umbilical
- superior
- single fatty layer
- inferior
- two layers
- campers fascia
- superficial fatty layer
- scarpas fascia
- deep membranous layer
- campers fascia
- two layers
contrast males and the multipurpose of the scarpa;s fascia.
- scarpas fascia
- continuous fascia with the testes and perineum
- this may prevent movement of infection
- males
- scrotum and perineum have loose fascia and may permit the movement of infection into the scarpas fascia via the fluid upward.
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- scrotum and perineum have loose fascia and may permit the movement of infection into the scarpas fascia via the fluid upward.
- males
list the 5 important mosucles of the the abdomen= 3 horizontal. 2 vertical
- 5 muscles
- external oblique
- internal oblique
- transversus abdominus
- rectus abdominus
- pyramidals
external obliques muscle
- arises and travels
2.
- arises from the lower 8 ribs and courses inferomedially
- posterior fibers inserting into the iliac crest and broad external oblique aponeurosis
- anteriorly that helps form the anterior layerof the rectus sheath
- midline linea alba aponeurotic fibers intersect with those of the other side