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20 The posterior abdominal wall

Inferior phrenic artery
Oesophagus

Coeliac artery
Superior mesenteric artery
Transversus
Iliohypogastric nerve

Quadratus Ilioinguinal nerve
lumborum
Psoas major Gonadal artery
Inferior mesenteric artery
Genitofemoral
nerve
Femoral nerve
Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh

Median sacral artery
Fig.20.1
The structures of the posterior abdominal wall
Papilla

Minor Major calix
calices
Pyramid Ureter
Hilar fat
Interlobar
artery

Arcuate
Renal columns
vessels
Fig.20.2
A section through the right kidney.
The small diagram shows how the renal columns
represent the cortices of adjacent fused lobes

Suprarenal Diaphragm
Spleen
Outline of pleura
Duodenum Stomach 12th rib
Pancreas
Liver Transversus abdominis
Colon Subcostal nerve
Colon Ilio-inguinal nerve
Small
intestine Quadratus lumborum
Small Psoas major
intestine

Fig.20.3 Fig.20.4
The anterior relations of the kidneys The posterior relations of the kidneys

48 Abdomen and pelvis