The Abdomen Review Flashcards
A BUILD-UP OF FLUID IN THE PERONEAL CAVITY THAT CAUSES ABDOMINAL SWELLING.
ASCITES
PERTAINING TO THE BLADDER.
-CYSTO
THE PROTRUSION OF AN ORGAN THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE WALL OR CAVITY IN WHICH IT’S CONTAINED.
HERNIA
A MEDIAN GROOVE CREATED BY THE JOINING OF THE ABDOMINAL APONEUROSES.
LINEA ALBA
A FIBROUS CONTINUOUS BAND OF TUISSUE THT LINES THE ORGANS AND STRUCTURES OF THE ABDOMINEN, ALLOWING THE MOVEMENT OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS.
PERITONEUM
THE PLANE THAT OCCUPIES THE AREA POSTERIOR TO THE ABDOMINAL PARIETAL PERITONEUM.
RETROPERITONEUM
THE PLANE ALONG EACH ANGLE OF THE RIB CAGE.
SUBCOASTAL MARGIN
INTERNAL ORGANS OF THE BODY CAVITIES.
VISCERA
A BONY ATTACHMENT POINT AT THE DISTAL END OF THE STERNUM.
XIPHOID PROCESS
WHAT IS THE MAJOR MUSCLES SURROUNDING THE ABDOMEN?
EXTERNAL OBLIQUES, INTERNAL OBLIQUES, RECTUS ABDOMINIS, AND TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS
WHICH MUSCLES ALLOW THE ABDOMEN TO TWIST?
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OBLIQUES
WHICH MUSCLE MAINTAINS INTERNAL ABDOMINAL PRESSURE?
TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS
DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PARIETAL AND THE VISCERAL PERITONEUM.
THE PARIETAL IS THE OUTER LAYER OF PERITONEUM THAT ATTAAHCES TO THE ABDOMINAL WALL, PELVIS AND INFERIOR SURFACE OF THE DIAGRAPHM. THE VISCERAL PERITONEUM IS THE INNER LAYERS, COVERING ALL ORGANS WITHIN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY
WHCH REGION OF THE RETROPERITONEUM CONTAINS NO ORGANS/
THE POSTERIOR PARARENAL RETROPERITONEUM
TYPES OF VERTICAL MEDIAN INCISIONS?
EPIGASTRIC (SUPRAUMBILICAL), SUBUMBILICAL AND FULL MIDLINE
