Class 2 - Station 2: Posterior Abdominal Wall

Question 1

What muscles are

1.

2.

3.

Answer 1

1. Psoas major
2. Psoas minor
3. Iliacus

Question 2

What muscle is pinned here?

Answer 2

Quadratus lumborum

Question 3

Identify the 3 main openings in the diaphragm, their vertebral level and what passes through them

Answer 3

Green = IVC - T8

Yellow = oesophagus T10

Pink = aorta T12

Question 4

What are the 3 main branches of the aorta and what vertebral level do they branch?

Answer 4

Question 5

How is the IVC formed?

Answer 5

Joining of the two Iliac veins

Question 6

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