Anterior Abdominal Wall

Question 1

Linea alba

Answer 1

Median longitudinal groove present in the skin of the abdomen

Question 2

How many layers are present within the anterior abdominal walls

Answer 2

8 layers

Question 3

Umbilicus lines at the level of?

Answer 3

L3-4

Question 4

What is striae gravidarum

Answer 4

Striae distensae or stretch marks that develop in up to 90% of white women. During gestation

Question 5

What can cause striae gravidarum?

Answer 5

Pregnancy, weight loss, concomitant use of corticosteroids

Question 6

When stretch marks occur there is reduction of?

Answer 6

Fribrillin microfibril and elastic fibers

Question 7

The external oblique muscle origins from?

Answer 7

Lower border of 8 ribs and interdigigate with the serratus anterior and latismuss dorsi

Question 8

The external oblique inserts into?

Answer 8

Outer lip of the ventral aspect of the iliac crest

Question 9

How is the initial ligament formed?

Answer 9

It is formed by the external oblique muscle as the aponeurosis of the thickened area folds over backwards

Question 10

The external oblique is innervated by?

Answer 10

Lower 6 thoracic nerves T7-T12

Question 11

The internal oblique muscle forms the origin where?

Answer 11

Lateral 2/3rd of upper surface of inguinal ligament

Ventral segment of iliac crest

Question 12

The internal oblique muscle is interacted by ?

Answer 12

Lower 6 thoracic nerve and the first lumbar nerve

Question 13

What fibers of the internal oblique muscle attaches to lower 3 or 4 ribs?

Answer 13

Posterior fibers

Question 14

The transverus abdominis originates from the?

Answer 14

Lateral 1/3rd of the upper surface of inguinal ligament

Question 15

The umbilical cord transmits the?

Answer 15

Vitello intestinal duct and the allantoic diverticulum

Question 16

What structure communicates with the primitive mid gut with extra embryonic part of the yolk sac?

Answer 16

Vitello intestinal duct

Question 17

Entero-enternal fistula is one that?

Answer 17

Leaks through the intestines

Question 18

Enterocutaneous fistula are leaks that go through the?

Answer 18

Skin

Question 19

What causes fecal fistula?

Answer 19

Completely patent Vitello intestinal duct

Question 20

The patent Vitello intestinal duct cause the fecal fistula by?

Answer 20

Creating a direct connection between the ileum and the umbilicus

Question 21

Incomplete obliteration of the vitelline duct causes?

Answer 21

Meckel’s diverticulum

Question 22

Diverticulitis is?

Answer 22

Inflammation of the diverticulus of the colon when its sac is blocked by stool or root causes bacteria to grow

Question 23

What medications are more prone to giving you diverticulitis!

Answer 23

Advil, iburprofen steroids, opioids, NSAI, aleve

Question 24

An enterocystoma occurs when?

Answer 24

The central part of the Vitello intestinal duct fail to close at embryonic development

Question 25

Enterocystoma symptoms include?

Answer 25

Abdominal pain, mass, obstruction, fullness

Question 26

The persistence of the distal part of the Vitello-intestinal duct causes?

Answer 26

Raspberry red tumor

Question 27

Symptoms of raspberry red tumor includes?

Answer 27

Prolapse of mucosa, infection, pus discharge, abdominal pain and wet umbilicus

Question 28

What can be used to treat a raspberry red tumor?

Answer 28

Silver nitrate

Question 29

Caput Medusa’s refers to?

Answer 29

The appearance of a network of painless swollen veins around the belly button This is an underlying condition, usually liver disease

Question 30

An epigastric hernia occurs between which fibers?

Answer 30

Linea alba

Question 31

When the loop of the mid gut fails to return to the abdominal cavity what occurs?

Answer 31

Umbilical hernia

Question 32

the spigelian hernia is located in which fascia

Answer 32

Spigelian