NURS 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Abdominal Cavity, Endorphins, Nerve Tract

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Borders of abdominal cavity (from diaphragm down to top of pelvis) Bordered back by vertebral column, paravertebral muscles; Bordered at side and front by lower rib cage and abdom muscles. Abdominal muscles: 4 layers, joined by linea alba (tendinous seam). Rectus abdominis: form strip extending length of midline; edge is palpable. Abdominal wall is divided into 4 quadrants: Liver fill most of ruq and extend over to left midclavicular line. Spleen is soft lymphatic tissue on posterolateral wall of abdominal cavity under diaphragm. Obliquely with long axis behind 10th rib, width from 9-11th rib. If enlarged, lower edge moves downward and toward midline. Kidney: left kidney at 11th and 12 rib. Stomach below the diaphragm between liver and spleen. Gallbladder under posterior surface of liver, lateral to right midclavicular line. Small intestine is at all four quadrants, from stomach"s pyloric valve to ileocecal valve in rlq. Stomach; spleen; l lobe liver; body of pancreas;

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