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Inguinal canal: walls

"MALT: 2M, 2A, 2L, 2T":
· Starting from superior, moving around in order to posterior:
Superior wall (roof): 2 Muscles:
· internal oblique Muscle
· transverse abdominus Muscle
Anterior wall: 2 Aponeuroses:
· Aponeurosis of external oblique
· Aponeurosis of internal oblique
Lower wall (floor): 2 Ligaments:
· inguinal Ligament
· lacunar Ligament
Posterior wall: 2Ts:
· Transversalis fascia
· conjoint Tendon
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---Miruna Segarceanu UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania

RLQ pain: brief female differential

AEIOU:
Appendicitis/ Abscess
Ectopic pregnancy/ Endometriosis
Inflammatory disease (pelvic)/ IBD
Ovarian cyst (rupture, torsion)
Uteric colic/ Urinary stones
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---Sushant Varma University of Sheffield, UK

Inguinal mass: differential

"Hernias Very Much Like To Swell":
Hernias (inguinal, femoral)
Vascular (femoral aneurysm, sapheno varyx)
Muscle (psoas abscess)
Lymph nodes
Testicle (ectopic, undescended)
Spermatic cord (lipoma, hydrocoele)
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---Josh Brostoff University of Birmingham Med School, UK

Abdomen: inspection

5 S's:
Size
Shape
Scars
Skin lesions
Stoma
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---Jamal Khan Birmingham University Medical Student

Diaphragm apertures: spinal levels

"Voice Of America":
· In order from smallest to highest spinal number:
Vena cava: T8
Oesophagus: T10
Aorta: T12
· Note: Voice Of America (VOA) is a radio broadcast station.
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---Ravi