Abdominal Cavity

Question 1

Upper Qudarant

Answer 1

L quadrant:
Stomach and Spleen
R. Quadrant:
Liver and extends to the left

Question 2

Lower Quadrants

Answer 2

R. Quadrant:

large intestine

Question 3

Passage of food

Answer 3

Pharynx -> esophagus-> stomach -> Duodenum -> Jejunum -> ileum -> ileocecal valve -> cecum -> ascending colon -> right colic flexure -> transverse colon -> left colic flexure -> descending colon -> sigmoid colon -> rectum -> anus

Question 4

Cardiac Orifice

Answer 4

Esophagus enters the stomach

Weak sphincter which allows the passage of air (burp) and sometimes acid

Question 5

Fundus

Answer 5

Accumulates swallowed air

Question 6

Body of the stomach

Answer 6

J- Shaped

Many shapes and sizes

Question 7

Lesser Curvature of the Stomach

Answer 7

Continues with the right edge of the esophagus

Question 8

Greater Curvature

Answer 8

Inferior border of the stomach

Question 9

Pylorus

Answer 9

Narrow region of the stomach that leads to the small intestine

Question 10

Plyoric Sphincter

Answer 10

Smooth muscle

Guards btw the stomach and the small intestine

Question 11

Falciform Ligament

Answer 11

Fold of the peritoneum that extends from the liver to the diaphragm and the anterior abdominal wall
Divides the right and left lob of the liver

Question 12

Round ligament (Ligamentum Teres)

Answer 12

The free edge of the falciform ligament, rod of the connective tissue
Remnant of the umbilical vein

Question 13

Fundus of the gall bladder

Answer 13

Peaking out from under the right lobe of the liver

responsible for the storage and subsequent release of bile produced by the liver.

Question 14

Greater Omentum

Answer 14

Attached to the greater curvature of the stomach
Extends over the coils of the intestine (Apron)
Rich blood supply and ample lymphatics

Question 15

Small intestine

Answer 15

Duodenum, Jejunum and Ileum

Question 16

Ileocecal vlve

Answer 16

Smooth muscle

Where the small intestine empties into the large intestine

Question 17

Cecum

Answer 17

Sac like, the start of the large intestine

attached is the vermiform appendix

Question 18

Ascending Colon

Answer 18

Right abdominal wall

Question 19

Right colic flexure

Answer 19

Hepatic flexure

Large intestine makes a sharp turn at the liver

Question 20

Transverse Colon

Answer 20

Crosses the abdominal cavity

Suspended by the greater omentum

Question 21

Left colic flexure

Answer 21

Splenic flexure

Sharp turn down

Question 22

Descending colon

Answer 22

Passes along the left abdominal wall

Question 23

Sigmoid Colon

Answer 23

S-shaped structure

Allows the colon to go to midline

Question 24

Rectum

Answer 24

End of the line

posterior to the urinary bladder

Question 25

Rugae

Answer 25

Folds of the stomach

As more substance goes it these stretch

Question 26

Duodenum

Answer 26

“12 Fingers”