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AN45.1-3 | Posterior abdominal wall — Glossary
Glossary — Posterior abdominal wall
Key terms introduced in this module, in order of first appearance. Use this as a revision checklist.
| Term | Where Introduced |
|---|---|
| Low back pain | relevance |
| Lumbar disc prolapse | relevance |
| Femoral nerve injury | relevance |
| Meralgia paraesthetica | relevance |
| Psoas abscess | relevance |
| From Osteology: | recall |
| From General Anatomy: | recall |
| From Clinical context: | recall |
| thoracolumbar fascia | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| Three layers in the lumbar region: | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| Posterior layer | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| spinous processes | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| lateral raphe | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| Middle layer | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| transverse processes | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| Anterior layer | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| anterior surfaces of lumbar transverse processes | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| Clinical significance: | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| Muscle compartment: | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| osteofascial compartment | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| Attachment for abdominal muscles: | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| Tensegrity of the spine: | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| TB/Psoas abscess: | Part 1: Thoracolumbar Fascia (AN45.1) |
| Erector spinae (sacrospinalis) — the main extensor column: | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| Spinalis | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| Longissimus | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| Iliocostalis | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| "I Love Sitting" | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| Nerve supply: | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| dorsal (posterior) primary rami of spinal nerves | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| Actions of erector spinae: | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| extension | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| lateral flexion | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| Semispinalis | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| Multifidus | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| Rotatores | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| Suboccipital muscles (upper cervical): | Part 2: Back Muscles — Erector Spinae and Deep Back Muscles (AN45.3) |
| lumbar plexus | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| L1, L2, L3, and most of L4 | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| psoas major muscle | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| Formation: | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| iliohypogastric | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| ilioinguinal | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| genitofemoral nerve | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| lateral femoral cutaneous nerve | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| femoral nerve | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| obturator nerve | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| lumbosacral trunk | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| Key branches and clinical anatomy: | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| Femoral nerve palsy: | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| Obturator nerve palsy: | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| Meralgia paraesthetica: | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| Cremasteric reflex | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| Psoas major as a landmark: | Part 3: Lumbar Plexus — Formation, Branches, and Clinical Anatomy (AN45.2) |
| Pregnant women | Meralgia Paraesthetica — The Commonest Peripheral Nerve Entrapment in Indian Women |
| Obese patients | Meralgia Paraesthetica — The Commonest Peripheral Nerve Entrapment in Indian Women |
| Tight dhotis or trousers | Meralgia Paraesthetica — The Commonest Peripheral Nerve Entrapment in Indian Women |
| lateral thigh | Meralgia Paraesthetica — The Commonest Peripheral Nerve Entrapment in Indian Women |
| no motor deficit | Meralgia Paraesthetica — The Commonest Peripheral Nerve Entrapment in Indian Women |
| Module Summary — Posterior Abdominal Wall | summary |
| Thoracolumbar fascia: | summary |
| Back muscles: | summary |
| Lumbar plexus: | summary |
63 terms in this module