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Abdomen
SUNY Upstate College of Medicine Class of 2015
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Anatomy
Graduate
09/19/2011

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Term
Layers of the abdominal wall
Definition
  1. Skin
  2. Subcutaneous tissue
  3. Deep fascia
  4. Transversalis fascia
  5. Extraperitoneal fat
  6. Parietal peritoneum
Term
Subcutaneous fascia
Definition
  1. Camper's fatty layer
  2. Scarpa's membranous layer
Term
Deep fascia muscles
Definition

2 paired strap:

- Rectus abdominus

- Pyramidalis

 

3 paired flat:

- External abdominal oblique

- Internal abdominal oblique

- Transversus abdominis

Term
Contents of Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)
Definition

Liver

Gallbladder

Stomach - antrum and pylorus

Duodenum

R. Kidney

R. adrenal gland

Pancreas - head

Transverse colon - R. half

Hepatic flexure of colon

IVC

Term
Contents of Left Upper Quadrant
Definition

Abdominal portion of esophagus

Stomach - fundus

Spleen

L. kidney

L. adrenal gland

abdominal aorta

Pancreas - body and tail

Portion of Jejunum

Splenic flexure of colon

Left portion of transverse colon

Term
Contents of Right Lower Quadrant
Definition

Ileum

Ascending colon

Cecum

Appendix

Ureter

Term
Contents of Left Lower Quadrant
Definition

Portion of Jejunum

Portion of Ileum

Descending colon

Sigmnoid colon

Ureter

 

Term
5 Horizontal planes
Definition
  1. Transpyloric - L1-2
  2. Subcostal - L2-3
  3. Transumbilical - L3-4
  4. Supracrestal - L4
  5. Intertubercular - L5
Term

Arcuate Line

 

Definition

Superior to the line - the internal oblique aponeurosis splits to envelope the abdominis rectus muscle

 

Inferior to the line - the internal oblique and transversus abdominis aponeurosis merge and pass anterior to the abdominis rectus muscle.

Term
McBurney's Pt
Definition
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