The Abdominal Wall

Question 1

What are the layers of the abdominal wall?

Answer 1

Epidermis- skin layer, thin and echogenic
Subcutaneous- fat, variable thickness and echogenicity
Muscle

Question 2

What are the muscles of the anterior and lateral wall (4)

Answer 2

-rectus abdominis
-external oblique
-internal oblique
-transversus abdominis

Question 3

What are the 2 muscles of the posterior wall?

Answer 3

-psoas major
-quadrature lumborum

Question 4

What is the linea alba?

Answer 4

Fibrous band that extends from the diploid to the symphysis

Question 5

What is the gliding sign?

Answer 5

The movement of the visceral pleura back and forth as a patient breaths