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Abdomen and its contents Flashcards

1
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What is the name membrane that lines the abdominal cavity?

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The peritoneum

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What type of cell makes up the peritoneum?

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Simple squamous epithelium

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What does the parietal peritoneum cover?

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Covers the inside of the abdominal wall

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4
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What does the visceral peritoneum cover?

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Cover the viscera e.g. stomach, intestines etc

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5
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What is the greater sac and where does it begin and end?

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It is the larger portion of the peritoneal cavity

It begins superiorly at the diaphragm and continues inferiorly into the pelvic cavity

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6
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What is another pharse for the omental bursa?

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Lesser sac

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7
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Where is the lesser sac positioned and what is its function?

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The lesser sac lies posteriorly to the stomach and lesser omentum

It allows the stomach to move freely.

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8
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What is the name of the opening that connects the lesser and greater sac?

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The epiploic foramen

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9
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What structures surround the epiploic foramen?

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Portal vein
Hepatic artery
Bile duct (anteriorly)
IVC
1st part of duodenum
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10
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Which arteries supply the greater omentum?

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The right and left epiploic arteries

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11
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What was the greater omentum derived from?

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From the dorsal mesentery

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12
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What was the lesser omentum derived from?

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From the ventral mesentery

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13
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What does the greater omentum cover?

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It drapes over the traverse colon and coils over the jejunum and the ilium

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14
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Where does the lesser omentum extend from?

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It extends from the lesser curvature of the stomach to the 1st part of the duodenum to inferior surface of the liver

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What is the name of the ligament that is medially located to the lesser omentum?

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Hepatogastric ligament

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16
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What is the name of the ligament that is laterally located to the lesser omentum?

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Hepatoduodenal ligament

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17
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What structure carried the portal triad?

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The hepatoduodenal ligament

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18
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What structures are part of the portal triad?

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hepatic portal vein
hepatic artery
bile duct

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19
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Where does the hepatogastric ligament start and end?

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It connects the lesser curvature of the stomach to the visceral surface of the liver

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20
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Where does the hepatoduodenal ligament start and end?

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It passes from the duodenal bulb towards the visceral surface of the liver.

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21
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Which arteries are transported by the lesser omentum

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Right and left gastric arteries

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22
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What are the right and left gastric arteries a branch of?

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The coeliac trunk

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23
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Which other vessels run in the same direction with the gastric arteries in the lesser omentum?

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The right and left gastric arteries

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24
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Where do the right and left gastric arteries drain into?

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The hepatic portal vein

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25
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What is retroperitoneal?

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Some parts of the gastrointestinal tract that are suspended by mesentery and able to move freely.

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26
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What is mesentery?

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They are double peritoneal folds that attach the viscera to the posterior abdominal wall

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What is the superior attachment of the mesentery?

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The duodenojujunal junction

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28
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What is inferior attachment of the mesentery?

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The illiocaecal junction

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29
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Which arteries supplies the organs of the midgut?

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Superior mesenteric artery

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30
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Which artery supply the organs of the hindgut?

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Inferior mesenteric artery

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31
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Which vessels are involved in venous drainage of the mesentery?

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The superior mesenteric vein and inferior mesenteric vein

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32
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What is ascites?

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Its the accumulation of excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity

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33
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What is the most common cause of ascites?

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portal hypertension (2ndary to cirrhosis of the liver)

34
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If tumours develop in the ascending colon why can they spread to the liver?

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Everything drains into the hepatic portal vein in the liver

35
Q

What is the parasympathetic innervation to the forgut and midgut?

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Vagus nerve

36
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What is the parasympathetic innervation to the hindgut?

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Pelvic splanchnic nerve

37
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What is the sympathetic innervation to the forgut?

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Greater splanchnic nerve

38
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What is the sympathetic innervation to the midgut?

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Lesser splanchnic nerve

39
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What is the sympathetic innervation to the hindgut?

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Least splanchnic nerve

40
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What organs are part of the forgut?

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Distal end of the oesophagus 
Stomach
Pancreases
Spleen
Liver 
Gall bladder
2nd part of the duodenum
41
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What make up the midgut?

A 
Distal half of duodenum
Jejunum
Ilium 
Ascending colon 
Proximal half of Transverse colon

Appendix
Caecum

42
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What make up the hindgut?

A 
Distal half of transverse colon 
Descending colon
Sigmoid colon
Rectum ?
Anal canal
43
Q

What are the 4 quadrant patterns?

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Right upper quadrant
Left upper quadrant
Right lower quadrant
Left lower quadrant

44
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What are the nine region patterns?

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  1. Right hypochondrium
  2. Epigastrium
  3. Left hypochondrium
  4. Right flank
  5. Umbillicus
  6. Left flank
  7. Right iliac
  8. Super pubic
  9. Left iliac
45
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What is another word for the appendices epiploicia?

A

Fatty tags

46
Q

What is the name of the 3 longitudinal muscles that run along the surface of the large bowel?

A

Teniae coli

47
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What are haustrations?

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Circular inner bulges in the large bowel

48
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What do the tenure coli do?

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The strips of mucles shorten to contract the large bowel producing haustra

49
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What is the blood supply to the forgut?

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The coeliac trunk (arises from the abdominal aorta)

50
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What is the blood supply for the midgut?

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Superior and inferior mesenteric artery

51
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What is the blood supply to the hindgut?

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Branches of the inferior mesenteric artery

52
Q

Is the stomach

  1. retroperitoneal
  2. intraperitoneal
A
  1. intraperitoneal
53
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What are the 2 curvatures of the stomach?

A

Lesser and greater curvature

54
Q

Describe the structure of the stomach?

A 
Abdominal oesophagus 
Cardia 
Fundus 
Body 
pyloric antrum 
pyloric canal
pyloric sphincter
55
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What is the pyloris?

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The area that connects the stomach to the 1st part of the duodenum.

56
Q

What vertebral level can be pyloric sphincter be found at?

57
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Where is pain in the midgut felt?

A

Umbillicus

58
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Where is pain in the foregut felt?

A

Epigastrium

59
Q

Where is pain in the handout felt?

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Supra pubic

60
Q

If a patient is in the supine position where is fluid mostly like to fill in the abdomen?

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Posterior to the liver

61
Q

What embryonic structure forms the ligamentes teres?

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The umbilical vein returing blood from the placenta to the liver

62
Q

Where does the base of the appendix lie?

A

Mc Burneys point

2/3 of the way of the umbilicus to anterior iliac spine

63
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What is the location of the liver?

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Primary located in the right hypochondrium and epigastric region extending to the left hypochondrium

64
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What does the sub phrenic region separate?

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The diaphragmatic surface from the liver

65
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Where is the hepatorenal recess and where is it located?

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Its part of the peritoneum on the right hand side, and is located between the liver and right kidney

66
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What is the aorta hepatis?

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Its the point of entry into the liver for the hepatic arteries, portal veins and exist for the hepatic ducts.

67
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What is the name of the embryological shunt the

at branches from the umbilical vein allowing blood to bypass the foetal liver into the IVC

A

Ductous venous

68
Q

What does the ductous venous change into after birth?

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Ligamentous venous

69
Q

What does the embryological umbilical vein become after birth?

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Ligamentes teres

70
Q

Where does the fundus of the gall bladder lie?

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Against the under surface of the diaphragm

71
Q

Where is the gall bladder located?

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Within the right hypo-chondrium region of the abdomen

72
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What is the arterial blood supply to the gall bladder?

A

Cystic artery which is a branch of the right hepatic artery

73
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What is responsible for venous draining of the gall bladder?

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The cystic veins that drain directly into the hepatic portal vein

74
Q

What is the parasympathetic innervation of the gall bladder?

A

vagus nerve

75
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What is the sympathetic innervation of the gall bladder?

A

coeliac plexus

76
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Where is the spleen located in the abdomen?

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Located in the left upper abdomen

77
Q

What is the function of the spleen?

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To filter blood and remove old red blood cells

78
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What does the gastrosplenic ligament do?

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Connects the spleen to the lesser curvature of the stomach

79
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What does the splenorenal ligament do?

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Connects the hilum of the spleen to the left kidney.

80
Q

What else runs through the spelnorenal ligament?

A

Splenic vessels and the tail of the pancreas

81
Q

Which vessels are responsible for arterial and venous blood supply to the spleen?

A

Splenic arteries and splenic veins

82
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What is the innervation to the spleen?

A

Coeliac plexus

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