1.2.2 Retroperitoneum Flashcards
What is the 1st part of the duodenum anterior to?
bile duct, portal vein and gastroduodenal artery
what is the 1st part of the duodenum posterior to?
liver, gallbladder
2nd part of the duodenum
- receives the common bile duct and pancreatic duct
- crossed by _________
- lies on the _________________
transverse colon;
right kidney and ureter
3rd part of duodenum:
- crossed anteriorly by the ______________
superior mesenteric artery and vein
4th part of the duodenum
- leads to the jejunum, to form the _________
- once it reaches the jejunum, the rest of the small intestines become intraperitoneal
- passes left of aorta
duodenojejunal junction
Posterior relations of Pancreas
Head: ______, _______
Neck: formation of portal vein, superior mesenteric vesssels
Body: splenic vein, left suprarenal gland, renal vessels, ____, ____, _____________
tail: close contact of spleen
bile duct; IVC,
aorta, SMA, left kidney
Pancreas
Head, neck
- Lies within the C shaped part of the duodenum
- anterior to __________
Uncinate process
- lies within the C shaped part of the duodenum
- anterior to ____
- posterior to SMA
Body crosses the vertebral bodies and travels to the left side across the aorta to the left kidney and spleen
Tail (intraperitoneal): foes towards the hilum of sleen, enclosed by the ________ and ______ (dorsal foregut mesentery)
superior mesenteric vessels;
IVC
splenorenal ligament; gastrosplenic ligament
What is the arterial supply of the pancreas
- mainly from _______
- anterior & posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery from gastroduodenal artery which is a branch of _______ which is a branch of celiac trunk
- anterior & posterior inferior pancreaticoduodneal artery from SMA
Venous drainage of pancreas: tributaries of splenic and superior mesenteric parts of hepatic portal vein, majority into ______
splenic artery; common hepatic artery; splenic veins
What is the lymphatic drainage of pancreas?
Pancreaticospleno lymph nodes, some pyloric lymph nodes which drains into celiac, hepatic and superior mesenteric lymph nodes
Anterior relations to pancreas
- stomach (separated by _______)
- hilum of spleen (to left)
- duodenum
Posterior relations to pancreas
- IVC
- aorta
- superior mesenteric vessels
- splenic artery (along ________)
- common bile duct
- crura of diaphragm
- ____ plexus
- left kidney and suprarenal gland
lesser sac: superior borders; coeliac
Kidneys
- located at __________ vertebrae level
- upper poles lie underneath ribcage (11th-12th ribs) and lower poles are exposed inferior to the ribcage (3-4cm above _________)
- hilum lies at the _____________, with ureters along the tips of the lumbar transverse processes
- right kidney lower than the left,
- upper poles are ____ to the median plane than the lower poles
- 12th ribs run diagonally across the posterior surface of the kidneys
T12-L3; iliac crest; L1 (transpyloric plane), closer
Adrenal gland- sits on top of the upper pole of the kidney
Arterial supply
- superior suprarenal arteries from the __________
- middle suprarenal arteries - from the _____ or the renal arteries
- inferior suprarenal arteries: from the ______
Right suprarenal vein drains into IVC, left suprarenal vein drains in to left renal vein.
inferiorphrenic arteries; abdominal aorta; renal arteries
Anterior relations of right kidney
- Upper pole: __________________
- near hilum: ________
- lower pole: small intestinal loops (jejunum)
- lateral aspect ______________
Right lobe of liver; descending part of duodenum, ascending colon/ right colic flexure
Anterior relations of the left kidney
- upper pole: ____ & _____
- splenic area near hilum: tail of the left pancreas and splenic flexure
- lower pole: jejunum
- lateral border: ________________
stomach & spleen; descending colon on lateral border
Blood supply of kidneys
- branches of abdominal aorta (L1-L2)
- passes _____ to respective renal veins to reach hilum
- branch into 5 segmental arteries to reach hilum –> do not anastomose
venous drainage
- renal veins
- left renal vein longer than right vein, passes between ___ & _____ (if compressed in aneurysm in either vessel –> nutcracker syndrome)
posterior; aorta; SMA