Peritonisation Flashcards
What is the abdominal pelvic cavity inferior to?
Diaphragm
What is the abdominal pelvic cavity posterior to?
Abdominal wall muscles
What is the abdominal pelvic cavity superior to?
Pelvic floor muscles
What is the abdominal pelvic cavity anterior to?
Lumbar vertebral column
What is the abdominopelvic viscera covered by?
Serous membrane visceral and parietal
What are the intraperitoneal organs?
organs that are completely surrounded by visceral peritoneum
Mobile
What are the retroperitoneal organs?
organs outside the peritoneum
Non mobile
What are omenta?
Double folds passings from the stomach and duodenum to other organs or the body wall
What are mesenteries?
Double layer of visceral peritoneum
What are ligaments in terms of peritoneal cavity?
Varied double layers of peritoneum which span between organs and organs or body wall
Give examples of intraperitoneal organs?
Jejunum
Spleen
Liver
Stomach
Give examples of retroperioteneal organs?
Adrenal gland
Aorta
Duodenum
Pancreas
Ureter
Colon
Kidney
Oesophagus
What does the peritoneal cavity contain?
peritoneal fluid
What are the two peritoneal sacs linked by
Epiploic foramen
What is the epiploic foramen?
is the passage of communication, or foramen, between the greater sac (general cavity (of the abdomen)), and the lesser sac.
Borders
anterior–the free edge of lesser omentum with portal vein, vile duct and hepatic artery
posteriorly–IVC
inferiorly–1st part of duodenum
superior–liver
What is the name of the right upper region in the abdomen?
Right hypochondriac
What is the name of the left upper region in the abdomen?
Left hypochondriac
What is the name of the middle upper region in the abdomen?
Epigastric
What is the name of the right middle region in the abdomen?
Right lateral/lumbar
What is the name of the middle region in the abdomen?
Umbilicius
What is the name of the right lower region in the abdomen?
Right inguinal
What is the name of the middle lower region in the abdomen?
Pubic
What is the name of the left lower region in the abdomen?
Left inguinal
What are the regions of the abdomen separated by vertically?
Mid clavicular lines
taken from the mid-point of each clavicle.
What are the regions of the abdomen separated by horizontally?
Subcostal
Transtubercular planes
The upper horizontal line is the subcostal line taken from the inferior parts of the lowest costal cartilages. The lower horizontal line is the intertubercular line connecting the tubercles of the pelvis
What is the orientation of external oblique muscle fibres?
Inferomedially
What is the orientation of internal oblique muscle fibres?
Anteromedially
What is the orientation of transverus abdominis muscle fibres?
Transversely
What is the orientation of rectus abdominus muscle fibres?
Vertical
What is the function of external oblique?
Compress abdominal contents