Posterior Abdominal Wall Flashcards
What is the action of the psoas major?
Flexion of the thigh at the hip and lateral flexion of the vertebral colum
What is the action of the psoas minor?
Flexion of the vertebral colum
What is the action of the quadratus lumourum?
Extension and lateral flexion of the vertebral column.
It also fixes the 12th rib during inspiration, so that the contraction of diaphragm is not wasted
What are the 3 main openings in the diaphragm?
Caval hiatus
Oesoohageal hiatus
Aortic hiatus
What vertebral level do the openings in the diphragm occur?
Caval- T8
Oesophagel- T10
Aortic- T12
What opening does the thoracic duct pass through?
Aortic hiatus
When does a hiatus hernia occur?
When the upper part of your stomach bulges throguh the diaphragm
The aorta and IVC are the two major blood vessels which run on the posterior of the abdominal cavity. Which vessel sits most anteriorlly?
Above umbilicus aorta is more posterior but below umbilicus the aorta becomes more anterior
Where does the foregut run from and to?
The foregut runs from the Oesophagus to the Duodenum- proximal to bile duct(including liver, gall bladder, spleen and pancreas)
Where does the midgut run from and to?
The midgut runs from duodenum to the first two thirds of the transverse colon
Where does the hindgut run from and to?
The hindgut runs from the last third of the transverse colon to the upper part of the anal canal.
What does the celiac trunk supply?
The foregut
Comes off the abdominal aorta at T12
What does the SMA supply?
The midgut
Comes off the abdominal aorta at L1
What does the IMA supply?
The hindgut
Comess off the abdominal aorta at L3
What are the 3 branches of the celiac trunk?
Left gastric artery
Hepatic artery
Splenic artery
Where do the renal arteries comes off the abdominal aorta?
L1
At what vertebral level does the abdominal aorta divide into 2 common iliac arteries?
L5
What vessels merge to form the IVC?
Common illiac vein
At what vertebral level do the common iliac veins merge?
L5