flashcards_abdomen

Question 1

the largest continuous visceral cavity of the body

Answer 1

abdomen and pelvis

Question 2

two portions of the abdomino pelvic cavity

Answer 2

abdominal cavity proper and pelvic cavity

Question 3

in the right coupla is the

Answer 3

greater part of liver

Question 4

in the left cupola is the

Answer 4

stomach and spleen

Question 5

the pelvic inlet which represents the abdominopelvic interace slopes foward from the sacral promontory to the

Answer 5

pubic symphysis

Question 6

the plane of the pelvic inlet makes an angle of about

Answer 6

55 to 60 degrees with horizontal plane

Question 7

the abdomenal wall is involved in

Answer 7

Protects the abdominal viscera\n- Helps to increase intra-abdominal pressure\n- Flexes and laterally rotates the spine\n- Helps to depress the ribs\n- Assists in forced expiration, coughing, sneezing, micturition, defecation,\nparturition etc.

Question 8

four overlapping regions of the abdominal wall

Answer 8

Anterior abdominal wall\n_ Antero-lateral abdominal wall\n_ Lateral walls (right & left) / flanks\n_ Posterior abdominal wall

Question 9

four layers of the anterior and anterolateral abdominal walls

Answer 9

the skin, superficial fascia, deep fascia, muscles

Question 10

the skin of the abodminal wall is thicker in which direction

Answer 10

posterioly

Question 11

the skin of the abdomen wlal is attached loosely to underlaying strucutres except at the

Answer 11

umbilus where it is tethered to scar tissue

Question 12

an incision in the abdmoninal wall alone a tension line will heal as a

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hairline scar thats virutally invisible

Question 13

an inciion across tension lines will head wiether a

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wide or heaped up scar

Question 14

tension lines run almonst ___ around the body wall

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horizontally

Question 15

superficial fatty layer of superficial fascia

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camppers fatty layers

Question 16

deep membranous layer of superficial fascia

Answer 16

scarpas membranous

Question 17

which part of ther superficial fascia is superior

Answer 17

campers

Question 18

campsers fascia is continupus with the ____ over the rest of the body

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superficial fat

Question 19

Scarpa_s fascia is thin and fades laterally and above, where it becomes continuous with the fascia of .

Answer 19

the back and the thorax

Question 20

between campers and scarpa membranous layer is the

Answer 20

neurovascualr bundle

Question 21

the thin connective tissue sheath which covers the indivdual abdominal wall muscles is the

Answer 21

deep fascia

Question 22

he MUSCLES of the anterolateral abdominal wall are

Answer 22

paired.

Question 23

in the abdmoinal wall there are ___ lateral muscles

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three

Question 24

the two medial muscles in the anterolateral abdominal wall

Answer 24

rectus abdomis and pyramidalis

Question 25

three lateral muscles in anterolateral abdominal wall

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external and interal obliques and tranvesus abdmoinis

Question 26

largest and most superifical of three lateral abdominal muscles

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external oblique

Question 27

origin of external blique

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lower eifht ribs

Question 28

where do the external oblique muscles insert

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xiphoid process linea alba, pubic crest, oliac crest

Question 29

what do the external obliques innervate

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the lower 6 throacic nerves, ilohypogastric, and iliolignual

Question 30

funcitons of the external oblique

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compresses abdominal content; assists in flexion and rotation of the trunk; assists in forced expiration, micturition, defecation, parturition, and vomiting

Question 31

smallest of the flat muscles in abdomen

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internal oblique

Question 32

the interla olique is deep to the external and run___ to them

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at right angles

Question 33

oriigns of the itnerla oblqiue

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lumbar fascia, iliac crest, inguinal ligament

Question 34

insertion of the interal oblqiue

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the lower three ribs, xiphoid process, linea alba, symphysis pubis

Question 35

inervation of the internal oblqiue

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ower 6 thoracic nerves, iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal

Question 36

action of the internal oblique

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supports and compresses abdominal content; assists in flexion and rotation of the trunk; assists in forced expiration, micturition, defecation, parturition, and vomiting

Question 37

transversus abdominis is from the

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7th and 12th costal cartilages, iliac cres,t inguinal ligament

Question 38

deepest of the lateral abdominal muscles

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transesus abdominis

Question 39

insertion of the transvesus abdominis

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xiphoid process, linea alba, inguinal ligament

Question 40

action of the tranvesus abdominis

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Action: compresses abdominal content

Question 41

origin of the rectus abdominis

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xiphoid process, cartialges of 5th-7th

Question 42

insertion of the rectus abdominis

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pubic symphysis and crest

Question 43

innervation of the rectus abdominis

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lower 6 thoracic nerves

Question 44

function of the re tus abdominis

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ompresses abdominal content; flexes vertebral column; accessory muscle of expiration

Question 45

___ muscles are absent or unapired in 10-20% of the population

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pyramidalis

Question 46

pyramidalis lies in ___ of the lower part of the rectus abdominis

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front

Question 47

origin of the pyramidalis

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pubis

Question 48

insertion of the pyramidalis

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linea alba

Question 49

innervation of the pyramidalis

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12th thoracic nerve

Question 50

action of the pyramidalis

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tenses the linea alba

Question 51

_____ is a thin layer of fascia that lines the transversus abdominis muscle and is continuous with a similar layer lining the diaphragm and the iliacus muscle.

Answer 51

fascia transversalis

Question 52

the extraperitoneal fat is a thin layer of connective tissue that contains a variable amount of fat and lies between

Answer 52

ascia transversalis and peritoneum.

Question 53

thr ___ is the largest serous membrane in the body

Answer 53

peritoneum

Question 54

organs that are almost completely invested in peritoneum are conneted to the body wall by a

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mesentery

Question 55

retroperitoneal means they lie on the posteriorabdominal wall and are covered by peritoneum only

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anterioly