Set 35 Topographical anatomy and endocrinology Flashcards
What are the planes of the body?
mid-sagittal, para-sagittal, transverse, coronal/frontal
Mid-sagittal plane:
separates body into an equal left and right
Para-sagittal plane:
separates body int an unequal left and right
transverse plane:
separates body into superior and inferior
coronal/frontal plane:
separates body into anterior and posterior
What are the boundaries of the carotid triangle?
ant: superior belly of omohyoid, post: SCM, Sup: posterior belly of digastric
What are the boundaries of the submandibular triangle?
ant: anterior belly of digastric, post: posterior belly digastric, sup: lower border of mandible
What are the boundaries of the triangle of auscultation?
Sup: trapezius, inf: latissimus dorsi, lat: scapula, floor: rhomboid major
What are the boundaries of the quadrangular space?
sup: teres minor, inf: teres major: med: long head of triceps, lat: humerus
What are the contents of the quadrangular space?
posterior circumflex humeral artery and axillary nerve
What are the boundaries of the triangular space?
sup: teres minor, inf: teres major, lat: long head of triceps
What are the contents of the triangular space?
circumflex scapular artery
What is McBurney’s point?
used clinically as point of tenderness in appendicitis, between ant abdominal wall and between ASIS and umbilicus
What are the 9 regions of the abdomen?
right hypogastric, epigastric, left hypogastric, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right iliac, hypogastric, and left iliac
What are the borders of the axilla?
sup: clavicle/scapula/1st rib, inf: axillary fascia, post: subscapularis, lat: humerus, med: serratus anterior and thoracic wall
What are the contents of the carpal tunnel?
median nerve and tendons of flexors of digits