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Abdomen & Pelvis 3 Flashcards

1
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Is the pancreas endocrine or exocrine?

A

Both

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2
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What is the head of the pancreas in line with?

A

Inner curvature of the duodenum

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3
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What are the 4 parts of the pancreas?

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Head, neck, body and tail

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4
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What is the uncinate process?

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From the head of the pancreas the lower part that curls to the left

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5
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What do the exocrine secretions of the pancreas empty into?

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Duodenum

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6
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What duct do exocrine secretions of the pancreas go through to empty into the duodenum?

A

The pancreatic duct

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7
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How many hepatic ducts are there? What are they called?

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The right and left hepatic ducts which join to form the common hepatic duct

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8
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What duct joins the common hepatic duct?

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Cystic duct

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9
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What is the role of the cystic duct?

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To empty and fill the gallbladder

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10
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What 2 ducts join to form the common bile duct?

A

Common hepatic duct

Cystic duct

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11
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What organ is the cystic duct associated with?

A

Gallbladder

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12
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What is stored by the gallbladder?

A

Bile

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13
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Is the gallbladder attached to anything?

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On side it is attached to the liver via a common sheet of peritoneum

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14
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What 2 ducts enter the duodenum?

A

Common bile duct

Main pancreatic duct

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15
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What is the name of the structure where the common bile duct and pancreatic duct open into the duodenum?

A

Duodenal papilla

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16
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What ribs overlie the spleen?

A

9, 10 and 11

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17
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What does the spleen lie between?

A

Stomach and ribcage

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18
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What does the spleen do?

A

Filter RBCs and has an immune role

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19
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Does the spleen have a peritoneum?

A

Yes, but not over the hilum

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20
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What ligament is found behind the spleen?

A

Lineo-renal ligament

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21
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What does the lineo renal ligament connect?

A

The spleen and the left kidney

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22
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Are the kidneys in front or behind the peritoneum?

A

Behind

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23
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Which kidney is lower than the other?

A

Right

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24
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Which ribs does the kidney lie behind?

A

11th and 12th

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25
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Do the renal veins or arteries lie in front?

26
Q

Which renal vein is shorter?

27
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What are the broad drainage channels in the kidney called?

28
Q

How many calyces usually drain into the pelvis?

29
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What is the solid tissue of the kidney called?

A

Renal penincula

30
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What is formed at the joint of the calyces with the kidney?

31
Q

What blood vessel lies in front of the adrenal gland?

32
Q

What does the cortex of the adrenal gland secrete?

A

Corticosteroids

33
Q

What does the medulla of the adrenal gland secrete?

A

Adrenaline and noradrenaline

34
Q

What muscle is behind the ureter?

A

Psoas major

35
Q

What artery does the ureter pass in front of before entering the pelvic brim?

A

Common iliac artery (right before it splits into the internal and external iliac artery)

36
Q

What ligament does the ureter run through in females before entering the bladder?

A

Broad ligament

37
Q

What are the 3 branches of the abdominal aorta supply all of the abdominal organs?

A

Coelic
Superior mesenteric
Inferior mesenteric arteries

38
Q

Is the coelic artery long or short?

39
Q

What abdominal organs does the coeliac artery supply?

A 
Stomach 
Proximal duodenum
Spleen
Liver
Most of the pancreas
40
Q

What are the 3 main branches of the coeliac artery?

A

Left gastric artery
Common hepatic artery
Splenic artery

41
Q

What does the common hepatic artery divide into?

A

Hepatic artery

Gastro duodenal artery

42
Q

What branches of the gastro duodenal artery go to the stomach?

A

Right gastro-epiploic artery

Right gastric arery

43
Q

What branch of the gastro duodenal artery goes to the pancreas?

A

Pancraeto duodenal artery

44
Q

What main blood vessels supply the stomach?

A

Arteries that run along the lesser and greater curve of the stomach: the inner and outer arcade
Inner arcade: right and left gastric arteries supply it
Outer arcade: right and left gastro epiploic arteries supply it

45
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What is the artery of the midgut?

A

Mesenteric artery

46
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What does the mesenteric artery supply?

A

Distal duodenum
Ileum
Ascending colon
Part of the transverse colon

47
Q

What does the superior mesenteric artery arise from?

A

Aorta just below coeliac trunk

48
Q

What does the ileocolic artery go toward?

49
Q

Where does the right colic artery go?

A

Ascending colon

50
Q

Where does the middle colic artery go?

A

Transverse colon

51
Q

What does the inferior mesenteric artery supply?

A

Distal colon

Rectum

52
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What does the inferior mesenteric arise from?

53
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What does the left colic artery supply?

A

Descending colon

Distal transverse colon

54
Q

What do the sigmoid branches supply?

A

Sigmoid colon

55
Q

What does the superior rectal artery supply?

A

Upper parts of rectum

56
Q

What supplies the lower parts of the rectum?

A

Internal iliac artery

57
Q

How does venous drainage in the abdomen work?

A

All arteries have accompanying veins that run alongside them

58
Q

Where do abdominal veins drain into?

A

The hepatic portal vein that takes all blood from the GI tract, spleen and pancreas to the liver

59
Q

Where is the hepatic portal vein formed?

A

Behind the pancreas

60
Q

How does the hepatic portal vein divide and where does the division occur?

A

Into left and right branches before entering the liver

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