Anterior body walls

Question 1

Where is the breast located

Answer 1

The lateral border of the sternum to mid axillary line. Between 2nd and 6th costal cartilages.

Question 2

What is the innervation of the breast

Answer 2

T4 innervation, spinal cord emergence at nipple

Question 3

What is the innervation of the umbilicus

Answer 3

T10 innervation by thoracic spinal nerve

Question 4

Which end of the rob connects to sternum and which end connects to the vertebra

Answer 4

head connects to the vertebra (posterior), sternal end connects to sternum via costal cartilage (anterior)

Question 5

Name the different parts of the rib (posterior to anterior)

Answer 5

head, neck, tubercle, angle, internal surface, costal groove, external surface, sternal end, costal cartilage

Question 6

Name the different parts of a vertebra

Answer 6

vertebral foramen, vertebral body, transverse process, spinous process

Question 7

What are the anterior features of the pelvis

Answer 7

ilium, pubis, ischium, pubic symphysis, pubic tubercle, anterior superior iliac spine

Question 8

What is the pubic symphysis

Answer 8

cartilaginous joint (right and left articulate)

Question 9

What us the pelvic brim

Answer 9

bony aid that surrounds pelvic inlet (there is no separation between pelvic cavity and abdomen cavity

Question 10

How is the pelvic brim different in men and women

Answer 10

In females the pelvic brim is wide, oval. In men it is narrow, heart shaped.

Question 11

What forms the pubic arch

Answer 11

formed by inferior pubic ramus of the ischium and pubis.

Question 12

How is the pubic arch different in men and women

Answer 12

In women it is an oval shape and has an angle of ~ 80 degrees. In men, it is V-shaped and has an angle of < 70 degrees.

Question 13

How is the obturator foramen different in men and women

Answer 13

In women, the obturator foramen is oval but in men it is more round.

Question 14

What is the acetabulum

Answer 14

a socket to form hip joint

Question 15

How is the acetabulum different in men and women

Answer 15

In women it is oval and in men it is round.

Question 16

What is the superior aspect of the abdominal cavity

Answer 16

5th/6th costal cartilage

Question 17

What is the function f the intra-abdominal viscera

Answer 17

assists in ventilation, facilitates evacuation (high pressure), movement of the trunk and thoracolumbar spine.

Question 18

What is the midinguinal point

Answer 18

midpoint of the imaginary line that joins the anterior superior iliac spine and the pubic symphysis.

Question 19

What are the 2 planes that form the 4 quadrants

Answer 19

median plane and transumbilical plane

Question 20

What are the 4 planes that form the 9 region

Answer 20

2 x midclavicular planes, subcostal plane and transtubercular plane

Question 21

What are the 4 quadrants

Answer 21

right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, right lower quadrant, left lower quadrant

Question 22

What are the 9 regions (from left to right, up to down)

Answer 22

right hypochondriac region, epigastric region, left hypochondriac region, right lumbar region, umbilical region, left lumbar region, right inguinal region, pubic region, left inguinal region.

Question 23

Where are the thoraco-abdominal nerves arising from

Answer 23

T7-T11

Question 24

Where does the subcostal nerve run from

Answer 24

T12

Question 25

Where does the iliohypogastric nerve arise from

Answer 25

Top of L1

Question 26

Where does the ilio-inguinal nerve arise from

Answer 26

Bottom of L1

Question 27

What is the organisation if the anterolateral abdominal wall from superficial to deep

Answer 27

skin, Camper’s fascia, Scarpa’s fascia, external oblique, deep fascia, internal oblique, deep fascia, transverse abdominal muscle, extraperitoneal fate, parietal peritoneum