{"id":1609,"date":"2020-08-14T11:26:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T11:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/abdomen-and-pelvis\/structures-and-regions\/posterior-abdominal-region\/"},"modified":"2020-08-15T08:27:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T08:27:39","slug":"posterior-abdominal-region","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/abdomen-and-pelvis\/structures-and-regions\/posterior-abdominal-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Posterior abdominal region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"intro\">The posterior abdominal region is a region located posterior to the central abdominal organs (the GI tract, pancreas, liver, and spleen). It is bound by the bones and muscles of the posterior abdominal wall and contains major blood vessels, nerves, and the renal system.<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_17772\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/posterior_abdomen_muscles.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Posterior abdominal region\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/posterior_abdomen_muscles-600x393.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17772\"\/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Muscles and bones of the posterior abdominal region<\/strong>&nbsp;(Credit: OpenStax,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Borders<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"pure-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Superior<\/strong><\/td><td>Diaphragm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Posterior and medial<\/strong><\/td><td>The structures project into the midline:<br>1. Lumbar vertebrae and sacrum<br>2. Psoas major and minor muscles (fill the gap between the vertebral bodies and their transverse processes)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Lateral<\/strong><\/td><td>1. Ribs 11 and 12 and their intercostal muscles<br>2. Quadratus lumborum muscle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Inferior<\/strong><\/td><td>1. Pelvis (ilium)<br>2. Illiacus<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_2\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Contents<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_2\">\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Abdominal aorta<\/li><li>Inferior vena cava<\/li><li>Lumbar plexus<\/li><li>Kidneys<\/li><li>Suprarenal glands<\/li><li>Sympathetic trunk<\/li><li>Lymphatic system<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Borders<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contents<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borders Superior Diaphragm Posterior and medial The structures project into the midline:1. Lumbar vertebrae and sacrum2. Psoas major and minor muscles (fill the gap between the vertebral bodies and their transverse processes) Lateral 1. Ribs 11 and 12 and their intercostal muscles2. Quadratus lumborum muscle Inferior 1. Pelvis (ilium)2. Illiacus Contents Abdominal aorta Inferior vena [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1605,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1609","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Posterior abdominal region &#8211; Meddists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/abdomen-and-pelvis\/structures-and-regions\/posterior-abdominal-region\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/abdomen-and-pelvis\\\/structures-and-regions\\\/posterior-abdominal-region\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/abdomen-and-pelvis\\\/structures-and-regions\\\/posterior-abdominal-region\\\/\",\"name\":\"Posterior abdominal region &#8211; 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