The abdomen pt1 superficial

Question 1

What is the anatomical term for the navel?

Answer 1

Umbilicus

Question 2

What cavity lies between the diaphragm and the pelvic inlet?

Answer 2

Abdominal cavity

Question 3

What is the name of the band of dense regular connective tissue that stretches form the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle?

Answer 3

Inguinal ligament

Question 4

List the nine abdominopelvic regions.

Answer 4

Epigastric region,
Umbilical region,
hypogastric region,
right and left hypochondriac regions,
right and left lumbar regions,
right and left inguinal regions.

Question 5

4 Regions:

Answer 5

Right upper quadrant,
Left upper quadrant,
Right lower quadrant,
Left lower quadrant.

Question 6

What is the fatty superficial layer of abdominal fascia?

Answer 6

Camper’s fascia

Question 7

What is the membranous superficial layer of abdominal fascia?

Answer 7

Scarpa’s fascia

Question 8

What thin membrane lies between the transverse abdominus and the parietal peritoneum?

Answer 8

Transversalis fascia

Question 9

What membrane lines the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 9

Peritoneum

Question 10

What portion of the membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity lines the internal walls of the cavity?

Answer 10

Parietal peritoneum

Question 11

What portion of the membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity ensheathes the external surfaces of most digestive organs?

Answer 11

visceral peritoneum

Question 12

What potential space lies between the two layers of the membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 12

Peritoneal cavity

Question 13

What term describes abdominopelvic organs completely surrounded by visceral peritoneum?

Answer 13

Intraperitoneal organs

Question 14

What term describes abdominopelvic organs that typically lie against the posterior abdominal wall and thus have only their anterior aspects covered with peritoneum?

Answer 14

Retroperitoneal organs

Question 15

Retroperitoneal organs acronym:

Answer 15

S upra renal
A orta
D uodenum

P ancreus
U reter
C olon
K idney
E sophagus
R ectum

Question 16

External abdominal obliques

Answer 16

Origin: external surfaces of 5th to 12th ribs

Insertion: Anterior half of iliac crest, pubic tuberacle, and linea alba (The linea alba is a white line of fibrous tissue running vertically from the sternum to the public symphysis in the anterior abdominal wall.)

Action: compresses and supports abdominal viscera: flexes and rotates trunk.

Question 17

Internal abdominal oblique

Answer 17

Origin: Anterior two thirds of iliac crest, lateral half of inguinal ligament (the inguinal ligament runs from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle), and thoracolumbar fascia (the thoracolumbar fascia is an aponeurosis on the posterior side of the body in the thoracic and lumbar regions).

Insertion: Linea alba, costal cartilage of last 3-4 ribs

Action: compresses and supports abdominal viscera; flexes and rotates trunk.

Question 18

Transversus abdominis

Answer 18

Origin: Iliac crest, inguinal ligament, lumbar fascia (the lumbar fascia is an aponeurosis in the lumbar region), and costal cartilage of last six ribs.

Insertion: Xiphoid process, linea alba, and pubis.

Action: Compresses and supports abdominal viscera.

Question 19

Rectus abdominis

Answer 19

Origin: Pubic crest and symphysis pubis.

Insertion: Costal cartilages of 5th to 7th ribs and xiphoid process.

Action: Flexes vertebral column. Compresses and supports abdominal viscera.

Question 20

What is the opening in the abdominal wall that allows the teste to exit the abdomen?

Answer 20

Inguinal canal

Question 21

What are the borders of the Inguinal canal?

Answer 21

Deep and superficial inguinal rings

Question 22

What is an inguinal hernia?

Answer 22

A condition when the intestines push through the abdominal wall

Question 23

What are the two types of inguinal hernias?

Answer 23

Direct
Indirect

Question 24

Which gender is more likely to get a indirect hernia and why?

Answer 24

Male, weak spot from testicular development