Abdominal fascial planes — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is the medial border of the inguinal (Hesselbach) triangle? _____

Answer: Lateral border of rectus abdominis

Flashcard 2: What is the site of protrusion in a direct inguinal hernia and through what anatomical landmark?_____

Answer: Abdominal wall (through Hesselbach triangle)

Flashcard 3: Injury to the anterior penile urethra (e.g. perineal straddle injury) can cause urine to leak beneath the deep fascia of _____

Answer: Buck

Flashcard 4: Which layer(s) of spermatic fascia cover a direct inguinal hernia? _____

Answer: External spermatic fascia

Flashcard 5: The _____ muscles hold the bladder and the urethra in the appropriate anatomic position and comprise the pelvic floor

Answer: levator ani

Flashcard 6: The psoas muscle combines with the iliacus muscle around the level of the _____ ligament to form the iliopsoas muscle

Answer: inguinal

Flashcard 7: Which branch of the celiac trunk runs a tortuous course along the superior border of the pancreas to supply the spleen?

Answer: Splenic artery

Extra: The splenic artery is one of the three main branches of the celiac trunk. It follows a characteristic tortuous course along the superior border of the pancreas. It provides blood supply to the spleen, the fundus of the stomach (via short gastric arteries), and the greater curvature of the stomach (via the left gastro-omental artery).

Flashcard 8: The _____ nerve plexus lies between the circular and longitudinal muscles layers of the gut wall

Answer: myenteric (Auerbach)