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Flap 2 |
| Q What are the sup/inf borders of "the back" | A EOP sup, natal cleft inf |
| Q What are the lateral borders of "the back" | A pos axillary folds, including teres major, lat dorsi, and traps superolaterally |
| Q The sup nuchal line is the sup attachment for what mm.? | A traps, SCM, splenius capitis |
| Q What is found at the lat end of the sup nuchal line? | A mastoid process |
| Q The nuchal furrow indicates the nuchal ligament. What mm. is this between? | A semispinalis mm. |
| Q This furrow indicates the underlying SP's. What mm. does it lie between? | A The posteromedian furrow lies between the erector spinae mm. |
| Q This is the landmark for anesthesia | A sacral hiatus |
| Q What are the 3 layers of the fascia of the back? | A Superficial fascia, Deep investing fascia, and thoracolumbar fascia |
| Q This fascia sits directly below the dermis/epidermis | A superficial fascia |
| Q This fascia is the shiny covering of mm. | A deep investing fascia, providing "m. over m." movement |
| Q Which fascia is invested with cutaneous neurovascular bundles? | A superficial fascia |
| Q This fascia has 3 layers | A thoracolumber fascia. REMEMBER: this fascia "is" deep investing fascia |
| Q Which fascia is a thick layer of adipose tissue? | A superficial fascia |
| Q What are the 3 layers of the thoracolumbar fascia? | A Pos. lamina, middle lamina, ant lamina |
| Q This layer of the thoracolumbar fascia comes from SP's | A the pos. lamina. The mid/ant laminae are from TP's. |
| Q Which layer of the thoracolumbar fascia lies ant. to erector spinae? | A the middle lamina. The pos. lamina lies pos. to erector spinae. |
| Q Where does the ant. lamina of the thoracolumbar fascia lie? | A ant to quadratus lumborum |
