Abdomen wk 2 Flashcards
what is the deffinition and function of the eosophagus
muscular tube
designed for propulsion of food
position shape and size of oesophagus
25-30cm in an adult male
slightly less in female
parts of oesophagus and boundaries
cervical part:
- lower border of cricoid cartilage (C6)
- descends in front of C6 and C7 to thoracic inlet
- first one-fifth
Thoracic part
- T1 to T10
- longest and continues within the abdomen through the oesophageal opening into the diaphragm
Abdominal part
- shortes
- 1/6 the total length
- ends at cardiac orifice of the stomach
- at level of T11
- 2.5cm from median plane
- behind 7th left costal cartilage
course and relations of the esophagus and vertebral bodies
- median at its commencement opposite C6
- deviates slightly to the left up to C7
- returns to media plane at T5
- inclines to left and forward at T7
- enters abdomen sharply deiates to left at T10
- joins stomach at T11
blood vessels and lymphatics of the esophagus of cervical part
-blood suppy by the inferior thyroid arteries and veins
bloods of the thoracic part of the eosophagus
thoracic part:
arteries:
-eosophageal branches from the descending thoracic aorta
-and bronchial arteries
vein:
- azygos
- hemiazygos
- Accessory Hemiazygos
bloods of abdominal part of oesophagus
Arteries:
-Left gastric of coeliac trunk and left inferior phrenic
Veins
- Azygos vein
- :Left gastric vein
Oesophageal Lymph Nodes
Cervical part:
-Deep Cervical Nodes
Thoracic:
-Posterior Mediastinal Nodes
Abdomen:
-Left Gastric Nodes
Nerve supply of eosophagus
Cervical:
-Recurrent Laryngeal and Cervical Sympathetic Trunk by the plexus around inferior thyroid arteries from middle cervical ganglia.
Thoracic:
- Vagal Trunk and Oesophageal Plexus above and below the root of the lung.
- Sympathetic Trunk, Greater Splanchnic.
Abdominal:
- Vagal Trunks anterior and posterior
- Thoracic Sympathetic Trunk, Greater and Lesser Splanchnic, and plexus around Left Gastric and Inferior Phrenic Arteries.
Sites of Constriction of eosophagus
-At origin, 5cm from incisors.
- Narrowest point and partly due to inferior constrictor muscle
-Aortic Arch (22.5cm from incisors)
-Left Main Bronchus (27.5cm from incisor)
Oesophageal opening in Diaphragm (37-40cm from incisors)
Importance of Constrictions
- Endoscopy
- Lodgement of foreign objects
Stomach Definition
-Most dilated part of GIT between Oesophagus and Small Intestine
Stomach Location
-Epigastric, Umbilical, and Left Hypochondriac Region. Depending on the contents and the surrounding viscera, can distend down to Hypogastric Region.
Shape of Stomach
- J-shaped but modified by changes in contents (empty or full) and surrounding organs.
- High and transverse in obese; short and elongated in asthenic, position of body and phase of respiration.
Size of Stomach
- Mean capacity varies with age
- 30ml at birth
- 1000ml at puberty
- 1500ml in adults
Name and briefly describe the parts of the Stomach
- Cardia: Surrounds opening of oesophagus into stomach.
- Fundus: Area above level of cardial orifice.
- Body: Largest region.
- Pyloric: Distal end of stomach, divided into Pyloric Antrum and Pyloric Canal.
Describe Lesser Curvature of Stomach
- Cardia to pyloric orifice
- Lesser omentum attached and contains left and right gastric arteries.
- Incisura Angularis (Angular notch), used to demarcate body from pyloric antrum and canal.
Describe Greater Curvature of Stomach
- 4-5 times longer.
- Highest point of fundus and left 5th intercostal space, just below the pylorus (pyloric antrum and canal).
- Covered by peritoneum and gives attachment to Gastrosplenic Ligament and Greater Omentum.