University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
BIOL 482/L | Animal Physiology and Lab
Academic year:

2021
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181

Pages:

4
Author:

esfredint7qo

Small Animal Abdomen (Canine&Feline) Abdominal cavity • Bounded by muscle and bone • Lined by serous membranes • Contains viscera • Cranial border- diaphragm muscle • Caudal border- pelvic inlet • Dorsal border- vertebrae, sublumbar muscles, crura of diaphragm • Lateral • Intrathoracic = ribs and costal arch, intercostal mm. • Extrathoracic = muscles of the abdominal wall • Ventral - rectus abdominis muscle Topographic regions of thorax and abdomen. Caudodorsal Quadrant: Deep circumflex iliac a. (arises from the aorta) Blood Supply Craniodorsal Quadrant: Phrenicoabdominal a. (caudal phrenic a. and cranial abdominal a.) (arises from the aorta) GDD, Figure 4-33 Caudoventral Quadrant: Caudal epigastric a. Caudal superficial epigastric a. Cranioventral Quadrant: Cranial epigastric a. Cranial superficial epigastric a.