Abdomen and its contents Flashcards
What is the name membrane that lines the abdominal cavity?
The peritoneum
What type of cell makes up the peritoneum?
Simple squamous epithelium
What does the parietal peritoneum cover?
Covers the inside of the abdominal wall
What does the visceral peritoneum cover?
Cover the viscera e.g. stomach, intestines etc
What is the greater sac and where does it begin and end?
It is the larger portion of the peritoneal cavity
It begins superiorly at the diaphragm and continues inferiorly into the pelvic cavity
What is another pharse for the omental bursa?
Lesser sac
Where is the lesser sac positioned and what is its function?
The lesser sac lies posteriorly to the stomach and lesser omentum
It allows the stomach to move freely.
What is the name of the opening that connects the lesser and greater sac?
The epiploic foramen
What structures surround the epiploic foramen?
Portal vein Hepatic artery Bile duct (anteriorly) IVC 1st part of duodenum
Which arteries supply the greater omentum?
The right and left epiploic arteries
What was the greater omentum derived from?
From the dorsal mesentery
What was the lesser omentum derived from?
From the ventral mesentery
What does the greater omentum cover?
It drapes over the traverse colon and coils over the jejunum and the ilium
Where does the lesser omentum extend from?
It extends from the lesser curvature of the stomach to the 1st part of the duodenum to inferior surface of the liver
What is the name of the ligament that is medially located to the lesser omentum?
Hepatogastric ligament
What is the name of the ligament that is laterally located to the lesser omentum?
Hepatoduodenal ligament
What structure carried the portal triad?
The hepatoduodenal ligament
What structures are part of the portal triad?
hepatic portal vein
hepatic artery
bile duct
Where does the hepatogastric ligament start and end?
It connects the lesser curvature of the stomach to the visceral surface of the liver
Where does the hepatoduodenal ligament start and end?
It passes from the duodenal bulb towards the visceral surface of the liver.
Which arteries are transported by the lesser omentum
Right and left gastric arteries
What are the right and left gastric arteries a branch of?
The coeliac trunk
Which other vessels run in the same direction with the gastric arteries in the lesser omentum?
The right and left gastric arteries
Where do the right and left gastric arteries drain into?
The hepatic portal vein
What is retroperitoneal?
Some parts of the gastrointestinal tract that are suspended by mesentery and able to move freely.
What is mesentery?
They are double peritoneal folds that attach the viscera to the posterior abdominal wall
What is the superior attachment of the mesentery?
The duodenojujunal junction
What is inferior attachment of the mesentery?
The illiocaecal junction
Which arteries supplies the organs of the midgut?
Superior mesenteric artery
Which artery supply the organs of the hindgut?
Inferior mesenteric artery
Which vessels are involved in venous drainage of the mesentery?
The superior mesenteric vein and inferior mesenteric vein
What is ascites?
Its the accumulation of excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity