Abdomen--Peritoneum

Question 1

What organs are in the Right Upper Quadrant?

Answer 1

Liver.
Diaphragm.
Costal Margin.
Gallbladder.

Question 2

What organs are in the Left Upper Quadrant?

Answer 2

Spleen

Stomach.

Question 3

What organs are in the Right Lower Quadrant?

Answer 3

McBurney's Point?
Appendix.
Anterior superior iliac spine.
Inguinal ligament
Pubic Tubercle

Question 4

What organs are in the Left Lower Quadrant?

Answer 4

Descending colong

Sigmoid Colon.

Question 5

What is the superior border of the abdomen?

Answer 5

Diaphragm.

Question 6

What are the anterior and lateral borders?

Answer 6

Rectus abdominus.

Transverse abdominis.

Question 7

What is the posterior border of the abdomen?

Answer 7

Lumbar vertebrae & Discs.
Psoas.
Quadratus lumborum
Iliacus

Question 8

What is the inferior border of the abdominal cavity?

Answer 8

Pelvic inlet.

Question 9

What is the Peritoneum made of?

What does it line?

Answer 9

Serous membrane.

Lines abdomen and pelvis. (Parietal and visceral)

Question 10

Name the 9 layers of fascia

Answer 10

Skin.
Superficial fascia--fatty (Camper's)
Superficial fascia--membranous (Scarpa's)
External oblique muscle
Internal oblique muscle
Transversus abdominis muscle
Transversalis fascia
Extraperitoneal fascia.
Parietal peritoneum

Question 11

Parietal Peritoneum line what?

Visceral Peritoneum lines what?

Answer 11

Walls of the abdominal cavity.

The organs of the abdominal cavity.

Question 12

What are the two sacs of the Peritoneal Cavity?
Where is the lesser sac located?
What is its opening called?

Answer 12

Greater sac
Lesser sac
Posterior to the stomach and liver
Epiploic foramen of Winslow.

Question 13

What is dangerous about the Epiploic Foramen of Winslow?

Answer 13

It is the way into the lower sac for infection. Hard to treat and hard for body to fight.

Question 14

Mesentery does what?

Answer 14

It is part of the paritoneal tissue that folds and holds organs in place specifically the small intestine and colon.

Question 15

Extraperitoneal Tissue

Describe the difference between Intraperitoneal Organs and Retroperitoneal Organs.

Answer 15

Intra–Organ is surrounded by peritoneum, Blood vessels within peritoneal reflections.
Retro–organ sits outside peritoneal cavity (one layer is nearby). Blood vessels to these organs are retro..

Question 16

Peritoneal functions.
What is located in the peritoneal?
What 2 benefits does it bring to organs?

Answer 16

Location of blood and lymph vessels, nerves.
Lubrication.–Constant movement, sliding.
Suspension of organs–Hold the organs in place.(adhesions)

Question 17

Describe what a peritoneal ligament is.

Answer 17

folds of peritoneum that are used to connect viscera to viscera or the abdominal wall.

gastrocolic ligament, connects the stomach and the colon.[1]
splenocolic ligament, connects the spleen and the colon.
round ligament
triangular ligament

Question 18

What is the Greater Omentum?
Where does it start?
What material does it consist of?
What is its purpose?

Answer 18

Large, apron-like peritoneal fold.
Greater curvature of the stomach
Fat deposits (can increase substantially)
Controls inflammation.

Question 19

How does the greater omentum behave?

Answer 19

It moves to envelope an infection or injury and send blood and antibodies. Sometimes moved to head or leg to fight infection in old medicine. Dangerous fat. Increase and accumulates. Cholesteral, heart disease, is under muscle.

Question 20

Lesser Omentum
Where does it start?
Where does it end?
What does it do?

Answer 20

Lesser curvature of the stomach, liver, and duodenum.
Anterior border of omental foramen.
It sits there. Attached to things.