Ab Cavity 2 Flashcards
Superior duodenum
1st part
intraperitoneal
descending dueodenum
2nd part
secondarily retroperitoneal
horizontal duodenum
3rd part
secondarily retroperitoneal
ascending duodenum
4th part
secondarily retroperitoneal
terminal slip
duodenum
5th part
intraperitoneal
large intestine
CECUM
→ Blind intestinal pouch
→ Vermiform appendix at lower pole
→ Intraperitoneal
large intestine
ASCENDING COLON
→ Found between cecum and right colic flexure
→ Forms right paracolic gutter
→ Secondarily retroperitoneal
large intestine
TRANSVERSE COLON
→ Found between right and left colic flexures
→ Fuses with greater omentum
→ Intraperitoneal
→ Duodenum to left colic flexure is embryonic midgut
→ Beyond left colic flexure is embryonic hindgut
large intestine
DESCENDING COLON
→ Forms left paracolic gutter
→ Secondarily retroperitoneal
large intestine
SIGMOID COLON
→ S-shaped free portion of the large intestine
→ Intraperitoneal
→ Ends at rectosigmoid junction (end of taenia coli also)
Rectum
→ Pelvic, fixed portion of large intestine
→ Primarily retroperitoneal
Anus
primarily retroperitoneal
left gastric artery
Off the celiac trunk
goes to the proximal portion of the lesser curvature of the stomach
splenic artery
off celiac trunk
artery passes behind the stomach and pancreas and serves the spleen, branches include:
→ Pancreatic arteries go to the neck, body and tail of pancreas
→ Short gastric arteries go to the stomach (closest to the spleen)
→ Left gastro-omental artery (also called gastroepiploic) goes to the left side of the greater curvature of the stomach
common hepatic artery
off celiac trunk
the major branch going towards the liver, its branches include:
→ Gastroduodenal artery
→ Right gastric artery
→ Proper hepatic artery