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GI-2 Anterior Abd Wall Syllabus
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01/17/2012

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Term
What is considered the most inferior boarder of the abdomen?
Definition
pelvic inlet
Term
Name the 2 coxal bones?
Definition
sacrum and coccyx
Term
Name 5 boney prominences of the pelvis?
Definition
Iliac Crest, ASIS, AIIS, Pubic Tubercle, Pubic Crest
Term
What would clinicians palpate in order to do a lumbar puncture?
Definition
Iliac Crest
Term
Which broad aponeurosis contributes to the formation of the inguinal ligament?
Definition
Aponeurosis of the External Oblique
Term
Which ligament forms the medial border of the femoral ring and the floor of the inguinal canal?
Definition
Lacunar ligament
Term
Which ligament extends from the lacunar ligament along the pectineal line of pubis?
Definition
Pectineal ligament
Term
Which vertebral level is the transumbilical plane located at?
Definition
L4
Term
McBurney's point is found in which abd quadrant?
Definition
RLQ
Term
Which abd quadrant is the sigmoid colon found in?
Definition
LLQ
Term
What is significant about the transpyloric plane (TPP)?
Definition
L1
celiac trunk and the superior mesenteric arteries originate above and below this point
Term
What is significant about the subcostal plane?
Definition
lower edge of 10th costal cartilage
inferior mesenteric
Term
What is significant about the supracristal plane?
Definition
highest point on iliac crest
abd aorta bifurcates
Term
What is significant about the intertubercular plane?
Definition
right and left common iliac veins join to form the inferior vena cava
Term
The superficial fascia of the abd anterior wall has 2 layers:
What do each of them primarily consist of?
Definition
Camper's - fat
Scarpa's (deep to Camper's) - membranous
Term
As the scarpa's fascia continues into the perineal region, what is the new name for this fascia?
What does this new fascia attach to in the thigh?
Definition
Colle's fascia
fascia lata of the thigh
Term
If the urethra is ruptured, urine will collect posterior to the what? and urine may leak into the what?
Definition
Scrapa's fascia
Scrotum (swelling)
Term
Which spinal nerve innervates the umbilicus?
Definition
T10
Term
T11, T12, L1 serve what region of the abd?
Definition
umbilicus to pubic symphysis
Term
Which arteries supply the abd superiorly?
Definition
musculopherenic and superior epigastric arteries (branches of internal thoracic artery)
Term
Which arteries supply the abd Laterally?
Definition
10th-12th intercostal arteries
Term
Which arteries supply the abd Inferiorly?
Definition
inferior epigastric (define inguinal hernia) and deep circumflex iliac arteries (branches of external iliac arteries)
Term
What defines the arcuate line?
Definition
the point where the inferior epigastric artery enters the posterior rectus sheath
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