Abdominal Wall Flashcards

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Fascia

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Above umbilicus single layer
Below superficial fatty (camper)
Deep membranous (scarpa)

3 layers investing fascia around muscles

Below muscles endoabdominal fascia

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External oblique

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T7-11 + SC nerves
Becomes inguinal ligament
From ext 5-12 rubs
To linea alba, pubic tubercle, and ant half iliac crest

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Internal oblique

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T6-12+L1
From thoracolumbar region, ant 2/3 iliac crest, CT deep to lat 1/3 inguinal lig
To 10-12th ribs, linea alba and pecton pubis via conjoint tendon

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Transversus abdominus

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T6-12+L1
Neurovascular plane lies superior to it
From int 7-12th ribs, thoracolumbar fascia, iliac crest + ct deep to lat 3rd inguinal lig (same as int oblique)
To linea alba, aponeurosis internal oblique, pubic crest, pecton pubis via conjoint tendon
becomes iliopubic tract

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Rectus abdominus

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T6-12 ant rami
From pubic symphysis and crest
To xiphoid process and 5-7th costal cartilages

Pyramidalis absent 20% people

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Rectus sheath

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Contains sup and inf epigastric arteries and veins, lymph vessels and distally nerves T7-12
Sup 2/3 post to obliques
Inf post to obliques and transverse

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Thoracoabdominal nerves

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T7-11
Continuation intercostals distal to costal margin
Between int oblique and transversus abdominus
Distal muscles and skin

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Lateral cutaneous branches thoracic

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T7-9 anterior rami
Skin R+L hypochindrium

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Subcostal nerve

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T12
Largest anterior ramus of t12
Between int oblique and transversus
Skin sup to iliac crest and inf to umbilicus

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Iliohypogastric

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L1
Sup terminal branch anterior ramus
Pierces transversus then between that and int oblique
Skin over iliac crest, upper inguinal and hypogastrium
Muscles int oblique and trans abdo

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Ilioinguinal nerve

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L1
Inferior terminal branch ant ramus
Normal route thn traverses inguinal canal
Skin lower inguinal, mons pubis, ant scrotum, adjacent medial thigh
Muscle lower in oblique and transversus abdominus

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12
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Superficial veins ant abdo drainage

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Sup medial internal thoracic
Sup lateral lat thoracic
Inf
Superficial epigastric to femoral
Inferior epigastric to external iliac

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Superficial abdo arteries from internal thoracic

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Musculophrenic - follows costal margin, supplies hypochondrium and ant lat diaphragm
Superior epigastric - in rectus sheath deep to rectus abdominus, supplies epigastric and supra umbilical plus rectus abdominus

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Superficial abdo arteries from aorta

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10+11 IC + subcostal
Supply lumbar and flank

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Superficial abdo arteries from external iliac

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Inferior epigastric - deep to rectus abdominus, supplies deep wall pubic and infra umbilical and rectus abdominus
Deep circumflex iliac - deep wal parallel to inguinal ligament, supplies deep wall inguinal + iliac fossa + iliacus muscle

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Superficial abdo arteries from femoral

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Superficial epigastric - in subcut tissue to umbilicus, supplies sup wall pubic and inf umbilical
Superficial circumflex iliac - subcut tissue along ing ligament, supplies superficial wall inguinal and adjacent ant thigh

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Lymph drainage ant wall

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Superficial sup umbilicus to axillary
Inf to umbilicus superficial inguinal
Deep - follow vessels to iliac and lumbar

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Infra umbilical peritoneal folds

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1x median, apex bladder to umbilicus, covers median umbilical lig
2x medial umbilicus, cover medial umb ligs (old umb arteries)
2x lateral, cover inferior epigastric vessels

19
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Infra umbilical fossae

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med to lat
supravesicular - bladder
medial inguinal - direct hernia, hesselbachs triangle
lat inguinal - indirect (most common)

20
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Hesselbachs triangle

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Base ing lig
lat inferior epigastric
Med rectus sheath (linea semilunaris)
DIRECT HERNIA

21
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Inguinal canal

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formed by reocation testes, 4cm
parallel and SUP the inguinal lig
Contains: spermatic cord/ round ligament, , blood, lymph, ilioninguinal nerve L1, genital branch genitofemoral nerve L1+2

22
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Walls inguinal canal

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MALT
2Muscles ROOF - tranversalis and in oblique
2Aponeurosis ANT - in and ext oblique
2Ligaments LOWER - inguinal and lacunar
2T POST - Transversalis fascia and conjoint Tendon

23
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Spermatic cord fascia

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Internal spermatic - transversalis
Cremasteric - int oblique
External spermatic - ext oblique

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Spermatic cord contents

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3 arteries - cremasteric, testicular and ductus deferens
Venous pampiform plexus
Ductus deferens
Symp nerves on arteries and ductus deferens
Genital branch genitofemoral (for cremasteric)
Lymph vessels (drain lumbar)

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Scrotal arteries

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Post from int pudendal
Int scrotal from external pudendal
Cremaseric from inferior epigastric

26
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Lymph drainage scrotum and testes

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Scrotum to superficial inguinal
Testes to lumbar and preaortic

27
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Testicular arteries and veins

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Art - from aorta L2 - ant to ureters ->through ing canal
Veins - 8-12 veins, pampiform plexus -> testicular veins, R to aorta, left to renal vain

28
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Hernias

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Direct medial to epigstric, 25%, weakness wall, preitoneum and transversalis fascia
Indirect due to processus vaginalis still present, can go to testes, through ing canal

29
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Processus vaginalis

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Continuation of peritoneum
Absent in adults other than tunica vaginalis at end of testes

30
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Posterior abdominal wall fascia

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Endoabdominal - continuous with transversalis
Psoas - from L ver and pelivis, sup med arcuate, lat quad lumborum and thoracolumbar, inf iliac
Thoracolumbar - 3 layers, post and middle deep back muscles, ant encloses quadratus laborum

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Psoas major

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L1-3 ant rami
TP L, T12-L5 lat bodies to lesser trochanter
Flex trunk and thigh with iliacus
Vert column lat

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Iliacus

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L2-4
From ant 2/3 iliac fossa to lesser trochanter and psoas tendon
Flex thigh and stabilise hip

33
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Quadratus lumborum

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T12 -L4
12th rib and TPs l spine to int lip iliac crest and iliolumbar lig
Extention and lat flexion vertebral column, fixes 12th rib insp

34
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Subcostal nerve

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Post to lat arcuate
Inf on quad lumborum
Supplies ext oblique and skin lat abdo wall

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Lumbar spinal nerves

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Post rami back muscles and overlying skin
Ant rami rest
L1+2 lumbar splanchnic

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Lumbar plexus

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Femoral l2-4
Obturator l2-4
Lumbrosacral l4-5

Ilioinguinal and hypogastric l1
Genitofemoral l1+2
Latcut thigh l2+3

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Femoral nerve

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Lat border psoas major deep to ing lig to ant thigh
Hip flexors, extention knee, iliacus

38
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Obturator nerve

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L2-4
Medial psoas major through obturator foramen
Adductor muscles