Posterior Abdominal Wall Flashcards
Iliacus m. Innervation?
Actions?
Femoral n.
Flex thigh at hip
Psoas minor innervation?
Action?
L1 and L2
Depress 12th rib and fix 12th rib during DEEP inspiration
Bilaterally assist w/trunk extension
Unilaterally side bend trunk to same side
Quadratus lumborum m. Innervation?
Actions?
T12-L4
Extend and laterally flex vertebral column
Fixes 12th rib during inspiration
What is the iliopsoas test?
Pt lies on unaffected side and extend opposite thigh against resistance
What is the is the presentation of psoas syndrome?
What may it mimic?
Lumbosacral pain, difficulty standing up, pain in gluteal region, pain radiation down to lower extremity
Herniated disk
Where does the right renal artery travel in relation to the IVC?
Posterior to it
What peripheral origins insert on the central tendon of the respiratory diaphragm?
Sternal
Costal
Vertebral origins
Where do the right and left crus of the diaphragm meet?
Aortic hiatus
Describe the Right crus?
What does it form?
Longer
Forms the muscular esophageal hiatus
Describe the left crus
Shorter, more lateral
What is the vertebral level of the caval opening?
What comes out?
T8
IVC, Right phrenic nerve, lymphatics from liver
CLIPR (caval lymphatics IVC phrenic (R))
Vertebral level of esophageal hiatus?
What comes out?
T10
Esophagus, ant. And post. Vagal trunks, esophageal branches of left gastric A.
VEEL Vagal trunks, esophagus, esophageal arteries (left gastric)
Vertebral level of aortic hiatus?
What comes out?
T12
Aorta, thoracic duct, azygos vein
ATA boy
What comes out of the sternocostal hiatus?
Superior epigastric vessels
What does the median arcuate ligament form?
Aortic hiatus
What does the medial arcuate ligament form?
Gap for psoas major