Organization of the Abdomen Flashcards
What are the upper regions of the abdomen from right to left?
Right hypochondriac
Epigastric
Left hypochondriac
What are the middle regions of the abdomen from right to left?
Right lumbar
Umbilical
Left lumbar
What are the lower regions of the abdomen from right to left?
Right inguinal
Hypogastric (pubic)
Left inguinal
What level and dermatome is the xiphoid process?
T9
T7
What level is the costal margin?
L2
What level and dermatome is the pubic tubercle?
Inguinal ligament
L1
What level and dermatome is umbilicus?
L4
T10
What makes up the inguinal ligament?
External oblique aponeurosis
What is the fibrous line that runs down the middle of the abdomen?
Linea alba
What line runs at the bottom 1/4 of the abdomen?
Arcuate line
What are the rectus sheaths from outside to in?
External oblique Internal oblique Transversus abdominus Transversalis fascia Extraperitoneal connective tissue Peritoneum
What do the IO and TA aponeurosis come together to form?
Conjoint tendon
What two arteries does the internal thoracic artery split into?
Musculophrenic (laterally) Superior epigastric (medially)
What arteries supply the anterior abdominal wall?
Subcostal & intercostal Deep circumflex iliac Superficial circumflex iliac Inferior epigastric Internal thoracic Musculophrenic Superior epigastric Superficial epigastric
What veins drain the anterior abdominal wall?
Internal thoracic Musculophrenic Superior epigastric Lateral thoracic Inferior thoracic Paraumbilical & tributaries