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Transpyloric plane
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Crosses 9th costal cartilage anteriorly
crosseslower 1st lumbar posteriorly |
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Organs found at transpyloric plane
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Pyloris
superior part of duodenum duodenojejunal flexture fundus of gallbladder |
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Superficial abdominal wall muscles inn
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Innervation - 6th lower intercostal nerves and L1
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Abdominal wall muscles function
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Compress abdominal viscera
flex and rotate the trunk expiratory muscles |
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Linea alba
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Aponeurosis of right and left abdominal lateral muscles
a fibrous raphae |
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Superficial inguinal ring
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Opening in external oblique abdominal aponeurosis
medially above inguinal ligamnet |
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Caudal part of internal oblique abdominal muscle
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Continued into spermatic chord in male
as the cremaster muscle |
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Cremaster muscle inn
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Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
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Cremasteric reflex
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Afferent limb - femoral branch of the genitofemoral nerve/inguinal nerve
efferent limb - genital branch of the gentiofemoral nerve |
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Rectus sheath
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Aponeurosis of lateral muscles
made up of aponeurosis of external oblique, interal oblique, transverse, transversalis fascia |
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Contents of rectus sheath
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Rectus abdominus
inferior and superior epigastric muscles 5 lower intercostal nerves subcostal nerve |
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Medial ambilical fold
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Ligament/cord
remnant of ambilical arteries |
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Median ambilical fold
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Ligament
urachal cord |
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Linea alba problem
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Its relatively avascular
leads to delayed healing and scar formation after surgery herniation may occure during pressure and strain |
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Umbilical hernia
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May occure during pregnancy
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