Abdomen 1 Part 2 Flashcards
accessory organs of the digestive tract include?
- liver
- gallbladder
- pancreas
~ these viscera develop as outgrowths of the gut tube
liver
the largest gland and the second largest organ in the body (the skin is the largest organ)
- receives, metabolizes, and stores breakdown products of digestion
- secretes bile which is stored in the gallbladder
falciform ligament
divides the liver into right and left lobes
inferior aspect of falciform ligament
round ligament of the liver
at the inferior aspect of the falciform ligament and connect the liver to the anterior abdominal wall
quadrate lobe
between the falciform ligament and the gallbladder
caudate lobe
is a small lobe on the posterior
aspect of the liver between the ligamentum venosum and the IVC
the ligamentum venosum is a remnant of ?
ductus venosus
porta hepatis
region of the liver where lesser omentum attaches and that transmits blood vessels and bile ducts to and form liver
portal triad
consists of:
- proper hepatic artery
- hepatic portal vein
- common bile duct
gallbladder
a muscular sac that stores and concentrates bile between meals
how is bile transported from the liver to gallbaldder?
hepatic and cystic ducts
right and left hepatic ducts join to form
common hepatic duct
cystic duct
connects gallbladder to the common hepatic duct
common bile duct
formed by the cystic and common
hepatic ducts joining
common bile duct is joined
by the main pancreatic duct to form the ampulla of vater
major duodenal papilla
-opening of the ampulla of vater in the duodenum
sphincter of oddi
regulates the release of bile from the ampulla of vater
pancreas
retroperitoneal organ (except the tail) along the posterior abdominal
wall
three parts:
- head
- body
- tail
head of pancreas
cradled in the C-shaped concavity of the duodenum
tail of pancreas
extends laterally to the let toward the spleen
the pancreas has both ____ and ____ functions?
exocrine and endocrine
spleen
is part of the immune system rather than the digesive system; however, it is located in the abdominal cavity
- filters blood cells and is involved in immune responses
