Surface Anatomy Flashcards
Label this image
A- Body of lumbar vertebra
B- Anterior superior illiac spine
C- Xiphoid process
D- Pubic tubercle
E- Pubic symphisis
F- Iliac crest
G- Sacroiliac joint
H- Left costal mergin
I-
J- Right costal margin
What is the name of the ligament show in yellow?
And what does this do?
Inguinal ligament
Acts as an inferior border for the surface marking of the abdomen
What are the 4 quadrants of the abdomen?
RUQ
LUQ
RLQ
LLQ
What are the 2 intersecting planes that form the quadrants?
Umbillical plane
Saggital plane
9 regions of the abdomen (right to left in rows)
Right hypochondrium
Epigastric
Left hypochondrium
Right lateral
Umbicial
Left lateral
Right iliac
Pubic
Left iliac
What are the lines that divide the abdomen into these sections?
Vertically- mid clavicular
Horizontally- Subcostal (upper), intertubercular (lower)
What is in the right hypochondrium?
Liver
Gallbladder
Right kidney
Duodenum
Large intestine
What is in the epigastric region?
Liver
Oesophagus
Duodenum
Pylorus
Pancreas
Spleen
Adrenal gland
What is in the left hypochondrium?
Liver
Stomach
Spleen
Left kindey
Pancreas
Intestines
What is in the right lateral region?
Ascending colon
Ileum
Right kidney
What is in the umbilical region?
Stomach
Transverse colon
Duodenum
Ileum
Jejunum
What is in the left lateral region?
Descending colon
Transverse colon
Stomach body
Jejunum
Left kidney
What is in the right injuinal region?
Caecum
Ascending colon
Appendix
Ileum
What is in the pubic region?
Transverse colon
Sigmoid colon
Ileum
Jejumun
Rectum
Urinary bladder
Reproductive organs
What is in the left inguinal region?
Descending colon
Sigmoid colon
Small intestine
