Exam 3 Abdomen Week 8

Question 1

fold of flank

Answer 1

cutaneous trunci m. and skin

Question 2

paralumbar fossa boundaries

Answer 2

last rib
tips of transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae
ridge formed by internal abdominal oblique muscle that extends from the tuber coxae to the ventral end of the last rib

Question 3

tunica flava (abdominal tunic)

Answer 3

deep fascial sheet of elastic tissue

Question 4

function of abdominal tunic

Answer 4

assists abdominal muscles in supporting wieght of abdominal viscera

Question 5

ventrally, abdominal tunic adheres to

Answer 5

aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique

Question 6

laterally, abdominal tunic adheres to

Answer 6

external abdominal oblique and parts of the external intercostal, and serratus ventralis m.

Question 7

linea alba

Answer 7

median fibrous raphe extending from the xiphoid cartilage to the prepubic tendon

Question 8

linea alba formed by

Answer 8

junction of aponeuroses of external abdominal, internal abdominal, and transversus abdominis mm. (longitudinal fibers)

Question 9

linea alba strengthened by

Answer 9

longitudinal fibers