<P>Muscles of the upper and posterior abdominal and pelvic wall, the diaphragm extending from the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity.</P>
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<P>a) Inferior wall of the thorax.<BR>b) Sternal xiphoid process.<BR>c) Opened abdominal wall (mm. obliqui and m. transverses abdominis are seen).<BR>d) Pubic symphysis.<BR>e) Pubic bone, horizontal ramus.<BR>f) Lumbar vertebra.<BR>g) Sacral bone.<BR>h) Coccyx.<BR>i) Iliac crest.<BR></P>
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<LI>diaphragm, costal part (muscular).
<LI>diaphragm, central tendon (s. speculum Helmontii diaphragmatis).
<LI>diaphragm, lumbar part, medial cruz (leg).
<LI>diaphragm, lumbar part, middle cruz
<LI>diaphragm, lumbar part, lateral cruz (Passing between the lateral and middle crus, sympathetic nerves, vena azygos, linkage with the vena hemiazygos; between the medial and middle cruz, the greater splanchnic passes as well as links of vena hemiazygos, and the lesser splanchnic nerve pierces the middle cruz).
<LI>foramen quadratum (for the vena cava).
<LI>foramen esophageum (for the esophagus and vagal nerves).
<LI>Aortic hiatus (for the aorta, thoracic duct, and occasionally vena azygos or hemiazygos.
<LI>m. psoas major.
<LI>m. psoas minor.
<LI>m. quadratus lumborum.
<LI>m. transverses abdominis (with fascia transversa).
<LI>m. iliacus interna.
<LI>m. pyriformis.
<LI>m. levator ani.
<LI>m. sartorius.
<LI>m. rectus femoris.
<LI>m. pectineus.
<LI>m. adductor longus.
<LI>m. tensor fascia lata.
<LI>m. gluteus media. </LI></OL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
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