I2O 



'./ fiior/rll ifbbil/ 



noofll 





irminni llaJ. 



.4 njuv*b<fu< it) I- 



yuil k> xsqA- 



: 



j 





 other G' 



" 



ii-.f to titUntii e-OfiiB 



uinal regions? 

 vtend from th 

 ,;d margin and tf 

 from tha 



comparatively thin and movable, exc? 

 iion produced by tumors, ascitt 



)t at the 

 or pregi 



not an absolute indication of a preceding 

 :ea by a / ' -n of the abdominal integument. The fat In 



\ pronounced that it interferes with the palpation of the i 

 distu tor ih the performance of laparotomy. 



Muscles.- \ t. thoracic wall-, the greater portion 



1 of muscular {issue; the palpation. of tfiy abduiliuii iy LUiibl 

 than tiie palpation of trie thorax. The Abdominal muscles extend bet 

 '"^WK 1 , b fhff tran."ircrsa professes of the lumbar vertebras, the 



ligament, 

 d cart 



dn rim 



the abdominc. 



'' Wtfrfe^importance 

 ien the inferior aperture 



of the fifth 



The rectus abdominis mua 



and from the xiphoid process, and j^ / nto and 



j s surrQUnc jed by a fibroYs sheath which is complete 



/ fmgerbreadths 





the a 



ib narrower and thickel 

 appr 

 alba 



.'.TO MBaracfg, 



umbilicus, it thinner; while 



the fact that tl* 



l a'Jusquol 



ftmwolhaH n^mn 



o the t\\ielfth ribs and alV 



