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What quadrant: small bowel
All
What quadrant: Liver
Right Upper / left upper (left lobe)
What quadrant: Gallbladder
Right upper
What quadrant: pylorus
Right upper
What quadrant: Duodenum
Right upper
What quadrant: Head of pancreas
Right upper
What quadrant: hepatic flexure of colon
Right upper
What quadrant: ascending colon
Right upper and right lower
What quadrant: transverse colon
Right upper and left upper
What quadrant: right adrenal gland
Right upper
What quadrant: right kidney
Right upper / right lower
What quadrant: spleen
left upper
What quadrant: stomach
left upper
What quadrant: body of pancreas
left upper
What quadrant: splenic flexure of colon
Left upper
What quadrant: descending colon
Left upper / left lower
What quadrant: left adrenal gland
Left upper
What quadrant: cecum
Right lower
What quadrant: appendix
Right lower
What quadrant: right ureter
Right lower
What quadrant: sigmoid colon
Left lower
What quadrant: left ureter
Left lower
What are the three planes of the abdominal surface?
Midclavicular
Subcostal - L3
Transtubercular - L5 / illiac crest
What are some contents that can be found at the transpyloric plane?
Pylorus, body of pancreas, portal vein
What structure separates the left and right rectus abdominis?
linea alba
What happens at the arcuate line?
Above the line, the rectus sheath only consists of external oblique and anterior internal oblique. Below it, rectus sheath consists of transverse abdominus.
What does the linea semilunaris correspond to?
lateral border of rectus abdominus
Where does the inguinal ligament go to / from?
ASIS to pubic symphisis
What are the two types of fascia encountered in the abdominal area?
Camper's fascia
Scarpa's fascia
What is the function of camper's fascia?
Adipose-filled for insulation
Scarpa's fascia continues with the fascia of what organ in females? What organ in males?
Labia / scrotum
What is the outer most muscle of the abdominal cavity?
external oblique
Which abdominal muscle forms the inguinal ligament?
Inferior margin of aponeurosis of external oblique
Fibers from the internal oblique become what muscle?
cremasteric muscle in spermatacord
What is the innermost abdominal muscle?
Transversus abdominus
Which muscle makes up the deep inguinal ring?
transverse abdominus
Fascia of what muscle becomes internal spermatic fascia?
Transversalus fascia
What are the actions of the abdominal wall muscles?
Compression and support of abdominal viscera, flexion and rotation of trunk
What nerve innervates the abdominal wall muscles?
thoracic nerves
What is the action of the rectus abdominus?
Flexes trunk
What is the innervation of the rectus abdominis?
Thoracic nerves
What is the rectus sheath?
Aponeurosis of external oblique, internal oblique, and transverse abdominus.
What two structures drain lymphatics above the umbilicus?
pectoral and internal thoracic nodes
What structure drains lymphatics below the umbilicus?
Inguinal nodes
What nerves innervate the abdominal wall?
posterior intercostals
What two abdominal dermatomes are relevant to the abdominal wall?
T10 - umbilicus
T12 - Suprapubic
Where are the testicles located during fetal development?
Intraabdominal
What structure is formed as the testicles descend?
Inguinal canal.
What structure in females descends though inguinal canal during fetal development?
Round ligament
The gubernaculum in females ultimately makes up what two structures?
round ligament, ovarian ligament
The external spermatic fascia is derived from what structure?
External oblique
What nerve goes through the inguinal canal but is not part of the spermatic cord?
Ilioinguinal nerve
The scrotum is composed of what type of fascia?
dartos fascia
What charactaristic does dartos fascia provide to the scrotum?
it's rugose (wrinkled) apperance
The cremasteric reflex is composed of what nerve for sensory innervation? motor innervation? What is the spinal nerve correlation?
Sensory - ilioinguinal nerve
Motor - genitofemoral nerve
Both L1-L2
What is the outer layer of the testicle called?
tunica vaginalis
Where are sperm produced?
seminiferous tubule
Describe path of sperm.
Seminiferous tubules > epididymis > vas deferens > pass seminal vesicle > urethra
What two chemicals are secreted at the seminal vessicle (ejaculatory ducts)?
sperm food (fructose)
prostaglandins (uterine contraction)
What is the lining of the abdominal cavity called?
peritoneum
What is the outer lining of the peritoneum called?
parietal peritoneum
What is the inner lining of the peritoneum called?
visceral peritoneum
What are three functions of mesentery?
Encase intraperitoneal organs
Attach intraperitoneal organs to abdominal wall
Transmit NAV to intraperitoneal organs
What are the two main functions of the omentum?
Cushion viscera
Migrate to infection
What are the borders of the greater omentum?
Greater curvature of stomach to transverse colon
What are the borders of the lesser omentum?
Lesser curvature of stomach to liver
What is the omental foramen / foreamen of winslow / epiploic foramen? What can be found there?
Free edge of the hepatoduodenal ligament. Portal triad is posterior: portal vein, bile ducts, hepatic artery
What is the difference between intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal and secondarily retroperitoneal?
Intraperitoneal organs have mesentery. Retroperitoneal organs do not (kidneys included). Used to have mesentary but lost it during development (pancreas, duodenum, as/de colon)
Where does nerve supply come from for the abdominal region?
ANS
At what landmark does the esophagus join the stomach?
T11
What is the blood supply to the esophagus?
Left gastric
Left inferior phrenic
What two nerve innervate the esophagus?
Vagus, sympathetics from thoracic trunk
What artery supplies the superior duodenum?
superior pancreaticoduodenal
What artery supplies the inferior part of the duodenum?
Inferior pancreaticoduodenal
Where does the duodenum drains its lymph fluid?
celiac nodes
What is the largest gland in the body?
Liver
What is the purpose of the portal vein
Delivers all digested substances for filtration
What five functions does the liver serve?
Bile production
Protein production
Storage of glycogen
Blood clotting factors
Hemoglobin iron removal
What is the surface anatomy correlation of the right liver lobe?
4/5 intercostal space to the 10th intercostal space
What is the surface anatomy correlation of the left liver lobe?
Midline of the 5th intercostal space
The right and left liver lobe are separated by what structure which also attaches it to the anterior wall of the abdomen?
falciform ligament
What is the name of the structure that was once the umbilical vein?
ligamentum teres
Most of the liver is encased in what? Which part of the liver does not have this encasement?
Visceral peritineum. Bare area.
The right lobe of the liver has what two "sub lobes"
Quadrate
Caudate
How many functional divisions of the liver are available for transplant purposes?
8
The portal vein is formed by the merging of which two veins?
splenic vein
superior mesenteric vein
What structure drains the liver itself?
hepatic vein (to IVC)
What is the function of the gallbladder?
Store and concentrate bile
What is path of the hepatic biliary tree?
right and left hepatic ducts merge to form the common hepatic duct which exit the liver to join the cystic duct (w/ gallbladder) and to the common bile duct which joins the pancreatic duct.
The pancreas produces which three substances?
Production of pancreatic enzymes, glucagon, and insulin.
The ampulla / sphincter of oddi is formed by what two structures?
Common bile duct and pancreatic duct
What is the landmark for the spleen?
Between ribs 9 and 11
At what point does the duodenum become the jejunum?
Distal to the ligament of Treitz
What structure allows for passage of contents from small intestine to large intestine?
iliocecal valve
The ascending / transverse colon receives arterial blood from what main artery? Which three branches?
Superior mesenteric artery... ileocolic, right colic artery, middle colic,
The descending colon receives arterial supplies from what main artery? Which branches?
inferior mesenteric / left colic, sigmoid, superior rectal, middle rectal (internal illiac), inferior rectal (internal pudendal)
What main artery provides blood to the ileum and jejunum? What three sub arteries?
Superior mesenteric. jejunal arteries, ileocolic artery, and ileal arteries.
The ringed structure of the large intestines are known as what? What are they formed by?
Haustra. Tenia coli.
The kidneys are surrounded by what?
Perinephric fat
Which kidney lies more inferiorly than the other? Why?
Right because of liver.
Which two structures supply blood to the kidneys?
rental artery (directly from aorta) and accessory renal arteries
What is the suprarenal gland?
Endocrine gland.
What are the two parts of the suprarenal gland? What does each secrete?
Cortex: corticosteroid and androgen.
Medulla: SNS, epi, norepi
What is the arterial supply to the suprarenal gland?
Suprarenal artery (off renal artery) and phrenic artery
The abdominal aorta has three unpaired visceral branches and three paired visceral branches. What are they?
Paired: suprarenal, gonadal, renal
Unpaired: celiac, SMA, IMA
Where does the inferior vena cava start?
At the union of the common iliac veins
What is the action of the quadratus lumborum?
Lateral trunk flexion
What is the innervation of the quadratus lumborum?
subcostal and lumbar nerves