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The posterior abdominal wall Flashcards

1
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What are the bones of the posterior abdominal wall?

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Lumbar vertebrae
Ribs 11/12
Ilia
Sacrum

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What are muscles of the posterior abdominal wall?

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Diaphragm
Quadratus lumborum
Iliacus
Psoas

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What is the diaphragm anchored by?

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Crura (left and right crus)

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Purpose of the central tendon of the diaphragm

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to not crush the structures that pass through the hiatus

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What are the levels of the structures that pass through the hiatus?

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IVC - T8
Oesophagus - T10
Aorta - T12

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Location of the quadratus lumborum

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  • Post to kidneys

- Superficially to the psoas major

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Attachments of quadratus lumborum

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  • It originates from the iliac crest and iliolumbar ligament
  • The fibres travel superomedially, inserting onto the transverse processes of L1-L4 and the inferior border of the 12th rib
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What are the actions carried out by the quadratus lumborum?

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  • 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

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What is the innervation of the quadratus lumborum?

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Anterior rami of T12-L4 nerves

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Location of the psoas major

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The psoas major is located near the midline of the posterior abdominal wall, immediately lateral to the lumbar vertebrae

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What are the attachments of the psoas major?

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Originates from the transverse processes and vertebral bodies of T12-L5.

It then moves inferiorly and laterally, running deep to the inguinal ligament, and attaching to the lesser trochanter of the femur

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What are the actions of psoas major?

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Flexion of the thigh at the hip lateral flexion of the vertebral column

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What is the innervation of the psoas major?

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Anterior rami of L1-L3 nerves

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Location of psoas minor

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Is only present in 60% of the population. It is located anterior to the psoas major

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Attachments of psoas minor

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Originates from the vertebral bodies of T12 and L1 and attaches to a ridge on the superior ramus of the pubic bone, known as the pectineal line

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What are the actions of the psoas minor?

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Flexion of the vertebral column

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What is the innervation of the psoas minor?

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Anterior rami of the L1 spinal nerve

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Location of the iliacus

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The iliacus muscle is a fan shaped muscle that is situated inferiorly on the posterior abdominal wall

It combines with the psoas major to form the iliopsoas - the major flexor of the thigh

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What are the actions of the iliacus?

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Flexion of the thigh at the hip joint

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What is the innervation of the iliacus?

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Femoral nerve (L2 - L4)

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What is the vein/artery that supplies the diaphragm?

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Sup and inf phrenic

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What is the vein/artery that supplies the quadratus lumborum?

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Lumbar

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23
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Vein/artery for iliopsoas

24
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Innervation of diaphragm

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Phrenic (C3-5)
Intercostal (T5-11)
Subcostal (T12)

25
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Innervation of quadratus lumborum

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Lumbar (T12-L4)

26
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Innervation of iliopsoas

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Femoral (L2-L4)

27
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What are the three midline vessels of the aorta?

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Coeliac, SMA and IMA

28
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What are the paired parietal branches of the aorta?

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Inferior phrenics, lumbars and middle sacral

29
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Examples of paired visceral branches of the aorta?

A

Renal and gonadal

30
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Where is an aneurysm more common in the aorta?

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More common below renal arteries

31
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What can occlusion of the aortic bifurcation cause?

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Claudication and impotence

32
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What does the somatic innervation in the abdomen innervate?

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Somatic - Muscles of anterior/posterior abdominal wall, joints (eg intervertebral), skin etc

33
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What does the autonomic innervation in the abdomen innervate?

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Autonomic - In segmented structures (blood vessels in muscle, sweat glands in skin etc)

  • In viscera, aka splanchnic (peristalsis of stomach, heart rate etc)
34
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Where do the somatic nerves for the abdomen originate from?

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Lumbar plexus (L1-L4) - motor and sensory

Sacral plexus

35
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Where does the autonomic sympathetic nerve supply originate from?

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Segmented – Sympathetic chain (paravertebral)

Viscera – Celiac, sup and inf mesenteric (prevertebral)

36
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Where does the autonomic parasympathetic nerve supply originate from?

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vagus; pelvic splanchnic

37
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Where do the nerves for the prevertebral ganglia originate from?

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Nerves originate in spinal cord and project to these ganglia bypassing the symp chain and from these to the viscera –> Splanchnic nerves

38
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What part of the spinal cord does the greater splanchnic nerve originate from?

39
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What part of the spinal cord does the lesser splanchnic nerve originate from?

40
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What part of the spinal cord does the least splanchnic nerve originate from?

41
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What are the two types of abdominopelvic splanchnic nerves?

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Lower thoracic splanchnic nerves

Lumbar splanchnic nerves

42
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What nerves are part of the lower thoracic splanchnic nerves?

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Greater, lesser and least thoracic splanchnic nerves.

43
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What ganglia and plexuses do the lower thoracic splanchnic nerves pass through?

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They pass through the diaphragm to send fibers to the celiac, aorticorenal, and superior mesenteric ganglia and plexuses

44
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Where do the lumbar splanchnic nerves start?

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These nerves start at the abdominal sympathetic trunk

45
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What plexuses do the lumbar splanchnic nerves go through?

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Join the intermesenteric, inferior mesenteric, and superior hypogastric plexuses

46
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What are the suprarenals innervated by?

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Suprarenals are innervated by greater, lesser and least splanchnic nerve from the celiac and aorticorenal ganglia

Kidneys innervated mostly by fibres from the least splanchnic nerve

47
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What are the three types of abdominal pain?

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Somatic, visceral and referred

48
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Where does the somatic abdominal pain arise from

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Skin, fascia, muscle and parietal peritoneum

49
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What is the character of somatic abdominal pain

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Precisely localised and severe

50
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Where does visceral abdominal pain arise from

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Abdominal organs, mesenteries and visceral peritoneum

51
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What are the causes of visceral abdominal pain?

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Stretching viscus or mesentery, impaired blood supply to viscus and chemical damage to viscus

52
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Describe the character of visceral abdominal pain

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Dull and poorly localised
Pain is referred to midline(embryology)
Colic pain is a form of visceral pain

53
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What is referred pain?

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Describes pain at a location other than site of origin stimulus but supplied by same or adjacent segments of the spinal cord

54
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What is the level that visceral pain arise from for the stomach?

55
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What is the level that visceral pain arise from for the appendix?

56
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What is the level that visceral pain arise from for the gall bladder?

A

T7-9; but with parietal peritoneum involvement C3,4

57
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What are the nerves that pain signals from pleura or peritoneum of diaphragm or anterior abdominal wall reach the CNS via?

A

Central part diaphragm - phrenic C3-5

Peripheral diaphragm - intercostals T7-11

Anterior abdominal wall - T7-12 and L1

Anatomy - abdominal aorta (10 decks)

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