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ANAT 380 = ABDOMEN I Exam Study
Guide.
Superficial Camper's fascia - Answers✔layer under skin of anterior abdominal wall; removed during
liposuction
Recuts sheath - Answers✔tendonous; supports & protects abdominal contents; encloses recuts
abdominus; arises from aponeurosis of ext., int.,obliques and transverse abdominus
linea alba - Answers✔midline of recuts sheath
superior epigastric artery - Answers✔terminal branch of mammary arts; enters recuts sheath from
posterior; anastomoses with inferior epigastric artery
inferior epigastric artery - Answers✔branch of internal iliac artery; anastomoses with superior epigastric
artery
anterior abdominal wall lymphatics - Answers✔superficial structures: above naval = axillary nodes,
below naval = superfic. inguinal nodes
deep structures: lumbar, common iliac, & external iliac nodes
inguinal canal - Answers✔passage for structures bw ab & pelvis; superficial ring in ext. oblique
aponeurosis (sup to pubic tubercle); deep ring = invagination of transvesalis fascia; contents =
ilioinguinal nerve, roung ligament of uterus (F), spermatic cord (M)
ilioinguinal nerve - Answers✔from L1 spinal nerve; travels through & emerges from superfic ring of
inguinal canal; supplies upper thigh skin, upper labia majora skin & mons pubis (F), upper scrotal skin &
penis root (M)
liposuction complication - Answers✔damage to layers underlying superficial fascia; bruising, swelling
rectus abdominus diastasis - Answers✔linea alba tear = separation of recuts abdominus muscles away
from midline; protrusion of ab contents, referred lower back pain
rectus sheath hematoma - Answers✔tear in sheath or abs = blood pooling from anterior ab wall arteries;
bruising, tenderness, pain, bulging abdomen
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
ANAT 380 = ABDOMEN I Exam Study
Guide.
Superficial Camper's fascia - Answers✔layer under skin of anterior abdominal wall; removed during
liposuction
Recuts sheath - Answers✔tendonous; supports & protects abdominal contents; encloses recuts
abdominus; arises from aponeurosis of ext., int.,obliques and transverse abdominus
linea alba - Answers✔midline of recuts sheath
superior epigastric artery - Answers✔terminal branch of mammary arts; enters recuts sheath from
posterior; anastomoses with inferior epigastric artery
inferior epigastric artery - Answers✔branch of internal iliac artery; anastomoses with superior epigastric
artery
anterior abdominal wall lymphatics - Answers✔superficial structures: above naval = axillary nodes,
below naval = superfic. inguinal nodes
deep structures: lumbar, common iliac, & external iliac nodes
inguinal canal - Answers✔passage for structures bw ab & pelvis; superficial ring in ext. oblique
aponeurosis (sup to pubic tubercle); deep ring = invagination of transvesalis fascia; contents =
ilioinguinal nerve, roung ligament of uterus (F), spermatic cord (M)
ilioinguinal nerve - Answers✔from L1 spinal nerve; travels through & emerges from superfic ring of
inguinal canal; supplies upper thigh skin, upper labia majora skin & mons pubis (F), upper scrotal skin &
penis root (M)
liposuction complication - Answers✔damage to layers underlying superficial fascia; bruising, swelling
rectus abdominus diastasis - Answers✔linea alba tear = separation of recuts abdominus muscles away
from midline; protrusion of ab contents, referred lower back pain
rectus sheath hematoma - Answers✔tear in sheath or abs = blood pooling from anterior ab wall arteries;
bruising, tenderness, pain, bulging abdomen
