Posterior Abdominal Wall Flashcards

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What is the origin, insertion, and innervation of the psoas major and minor?

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O: TP and sides of vertebral bodies and IV disks of T12-L5

I: tendon to lesser trochanter of femur (major)

N: anterior rami L1-3

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What is the origin, insertion, and innervation of the iliacus?

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O: superior 2/3’s iliac fossa, ala, ant. sacro-iliac lig

I: lesser trochanter and shaft below

N: femoral n. (L2-4)

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What is the origin, insertion, and innervation of the quadratus lumborum?

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O: iliolumbar lig and lip of iliac crest

I: medial half of inf surface of 12th rib plus tips of lumbar TPs

N: ant T12, L1-L4

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What is a psoas abscess?

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back or flank pain, fever, limp, inguinal mass, pain exaggerated by extending thigh (psoas sign)

Causes= disease of organs (ex. TB spread into abdomen), cancers, infections deep to fascia

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What is the median arcuate ligament and where is it found?

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tendinous arch of the crura of diaphragm, unites right and left crura

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What is the medial arcuate ligament and where is it found?

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fascial thickening of psoas fascia, spanning lumbar body and tip of L1 TP, lateral to median

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What is the lateral arcuate ligament and where is it found?

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fascial thickening of quadratus lumborum running from L1 TP to tip of 12th rib

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What paired arteries are found in the posterior abdominal wall?

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subcostal, inferior phrenic, suprarenal, renal (L2), gonadal (L2), lumbar, deep circumflex iliac

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What unpaired arteries are found in the posterior abdominal wall?

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Unpaired: celiac trunk (T12), SMA (L1), IMA (3), median sacral

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What is the path of the IVC?

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begins ant to L5 and right of medial plane, passes through caval hiatus of diaphragm

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What does it mean if something is a tributary?

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Corresponding veins of paired visceral and parietal branches of aorta

Visceral= suprarenal, renal and gonadal
Parietal= inf phrenic, L3 and L4, and common iliac
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Where does the right gonadal vein drain vs the left?

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right gonadal –> IVC

left –> renal –> IVC

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What are the 3 openings of the diaphragm and where are they?

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Caval opening= T8 level, IVC, and right phrenic

Esophageal hiatus= T10 level, esophagus, ant pot vagal trunks

Aortic hiatus= T12 level, aorta thoracic duct sometimes azy and hemiazy

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What are the parts of the muscular diaphragm?

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Sternal part- attaches to xiphoid

Costal= attaches to inf 6 costal cartilages

Central tendon

Crura: Right crus= larger and longer L3-4 bodies, some fibers run along left side of aortic hiatus, Left= L2-3 bodies

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What are the superior arteries of the diaphragm?

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musculophrenic and pericadiophrenic off of internal thoracic and superior phrenic off thoracic aorta

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What are the inferior arteries of the diaphragm?

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inferior phrenic off abdominal aorta and intercostal branches for peripheral

17
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What is a para-esophageal histal hernia?

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pouch of peritoneum and stomach fundus extends through esophageal hiatus ant to esophagus, gastric regurg does not occur bc cardiac portion normal

18
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What is a sliding histal hernia?

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abdominal esophagus, cardiac, and portion of fundus through esophageal hiatus, regurg

19
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What is the anterior location of the kidney?

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retroperitoneal T12-L3, lower on right, 10 cm long 5 cm wide 2 cm thick, hilum entrance to renal sinus

20
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What is the posterior portion of the kidney?

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superior lies deep to 11th and 12th ribs, left hilum near transpyloric plane which runs through superior pole of right kidney, quadratus lumborum lies post

21
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What nerves are associated with the kidneys?

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subcostal, iliohypogastric, ilioinguinal

22
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What are the layers of fat and fascia of the kidney?

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Prephrenic= adjacent to capsule extends into renal pelvis

Renal fascia= covers fat enveloping kidney and suprarenal gland, blends and ensheaths renal vessels, sup continuous with in diaphragmatic fascia

Paranephric fat= external to renal fascia

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What makes up the internal anatomy of the kidney?

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hilum, sinus (filled with fat), pelvis, calices, cortex, medulla, pyramids, columns, papilla, segmental a and v

24
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Where do we find ureters?

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inf from renal pelvis passing over pelvic brim and along lat pelvic wall and running post to ductus deferens and uterine a.

25
Q

What are the constrictions of the ureter?

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junction of ureter with renal pelvis
crossing pelvic brim
entering bladder wall

26
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Where do we find the right suprarenal glands?

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near right crus right kidney and IVC

27
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Where do we find left suprarenal glands?

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near left crus, spleen, stomach, pancreas, and left renal

28
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What is the blood supply of the suprarenal glands?

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sup, middle, and inf suprarenal arteries

29
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What is the innervation of the suprarenal glands?

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pregang symp from T10-L1, celiac plexus and abdominopelvic splanchnic

30
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What drains into the common iliac LNs? What does it drain into?

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from external/internal iliac nodes, drain into lumbar LNs

31
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Where are the lumbar LNs found? Where do they receive lymph from?

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run along both sides of IVC and aorta

post wall and post pelvic wall and organs, from lumbar lymphatic trunks

32
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What do the pre-aortic LNs arise from and what do they drain?

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intestinal lymphatic trunks

alimentary tract, liver, spleen, pancreas

33
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What level is the ilihypogastric? What does it innervate?

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L1

internal oblique and transversus abdominis, posterolateral gluteal skin and skin in pubic region

34
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What level is the ilioinguinal? What does it innervate?

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L1
internal oblique and transversus abdominis
skin in upper medial thigh, skin over root of penis and ant scrotum, mons pubis and labium majus

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What level is the Genitofemoral? What does it innervate?

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L1, L2
male cremasteric muscle (genital branch)
genital= skin of ant scrotum moms pubis and labium majus
femoral= skin of upper ant thigh

36
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What level is the lateral femoral cutaneous? What does it innervate?

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L2, L3, L4

iliacus, pectineus, and muscles in ant. thigh, skin on ant thigh and medial leg

37
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What level is the obtruator? What does it innervate?

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L2, L3, L4

obturator externus, pectineus, muscles in med thigh compartment, skin on medial thigh

38
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What levels are the lumboscral trunk?

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L4 and L5