Tuesday/Wednesday Flashcards
Diaphragmatic apertures
Helps allow things to pass
-IVC, esophagus, aorta
Diaphragm crura
Musculotendinous bundles that arise from anterior surfaces of the bodies of the superior 3 lumbar vertebrae
- right crus
- left crus
Both crura unite by median acute ligament
Aortic hiatus
Through the diaphragm
Aorta, thoracic duct, Azagos vein
Caval opening
Where the IVC flows
Esophageal hiatus
Esophagus and vagus nerve
Sterno costal triangle
Between the sternal and costal attachments of the diaphragm
Helps transmit lymph vessels from the liver
What innervates diaphragm?
Phrenic nerve c3-5
Psoas major superior attachment
Transverse processes of lumbar vertebra,
sides of the bodies t12-s1 and iv disc
Psoas major inferior attachment
Lesser trochanter of femur
Psoas major innervation and action
Lumbar plexus
Flexes thigh, flex vertebral column
Iliacus superior attachment
Superior 2 thirds of iliac fossa
Anterior sacro-iliac ligament
Iliacus inferior attachment
Lesser trochanter of femur
Iliacus innervation and action
Femoral nerve(l2-4)
Flexes thigh and stabilizes hip
Quadratus lumborum superior attachment
Inferior border of 12th rib
Quadrats lumborum inferior attachment
Ilio lumbar ligament
Internal lip of iliac crest
Quadratus ligament innervation and action
Anterior branch of t12 and l1-4
Extends and laterally flexes vertebral column
Nerves of the lumbar plexus
Iliohypogastric Ilio inginal Lateral femoral cutaneous Femoral Genitofemoral Obturator Lumbosacral trunk
What is he lumbar plexus
Anterior rami of l1-4
Lumbosacral trunk
Goes in the pelvis to help form the sacral plexus with the anterior rami of s1-4
What nerve sits right in top of psoas major
Genitofemoral
Common iliac artery splits into what
External and internal iliac artery
What are the branches of external iliac artery?
Inferior epigastic
Deep iliac circumflex
Sacroiliac joint ligaments
Anterior sacro-iliac ligament
Posterior sacro-iliac ligament
Interosseous sacro-iliac ligament
Sacroiliac joint
Strong weight bearing
Anterior synovial plane with limit mobility
Between the sacrum and ilium