peritoneum, mesenteries, and viscera-small animal

Question 1

what are the boundaries of the abdominal cavity?

Answer 1

Cranial: diaphragm

Caudal: pelvic inlet

Dorsal: the lumbar vertebrae and transverse process, sublumbar muscles, crura of the diaphragm

Lateral: intrathoracic (ribs, costal arch, intercostal mm.) and extrathoracic (muscles of the abdominal wall)

ventral: rectus abdominis

Question 2

what is the pathway of the lateral ligament of the urinary bladder?

Answer 2

remnants of the umbilical arteries–> round ligament of the bladder

Question 3

what is the pathway of the falciform ligament?

Answer 3

remnants of umbilical veins–> round ligament of the liver

connects liver to ventral body wall

Question 4

what pathway of the median ligament of the urinary bladder?

Answer 4

supports urachus in fetus; urachus drains urinary bladder of fetus and runs within umbilical cord