Diagnostic Ultrasound - Abdomen and Pelvis

Abdominal Wall
Right lobe of liver
POSTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL, CT CORRELATION
Spleen
Anatomy: Abdomen
Right psoas muscle
Right kidney
Left kidney
Left psoas muscle
Ascending colon
Lumbar vertebral body
Right rectus abdominis muscle
Right oblique and transverse muscles
Right lobe of liver
Right kidney
Right rib
Right psoas muscle
Right quadratus lumborum m.
Right erector spinae muscle
Right lobe of liver
Right kidney
Right quadratus lumborum muscle
Right psoas muscle
Right erector spinae muscle
(Top) Coronal correlative CECT shows the paralumbar location of the psoas muscles and their medial location relative to the kidneys.
The psoas muscles originate from the lumbar and 12th thoracic vertebral bodies and their transverse processes and run past the pelvic
brim where they course inferolaterally to be joined by the iliacus muscle. (Middle) Axial correlative CECT better illustrates the anatomic
relationships of the kidney with the posterior abdominal wall muscles. The kidney is lateral to the psoas muscle and rests upon the
quadratus lumborum muscle. The erector spinae muscles are immediately posterior to the quadratus lumborum, and the 2 muscles are
invested by the lumbodorsal fascia. (Bottom) Axial correlative CECT at the level of the inferior pole of the right kidney. The psoas
muscle and quadratus lumborum muscles, seen in their midsections, are now thicker.
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