Abdominal cavity

Question 1

What is the coelom?

Answer 1

A body cavity lined with mesoderm

Examples include pericardial cavity, pleural cavities and abdominopelvic cavity

Question 2

What are the membranes associated with the coelem?

Answer 2

Parietal Membrane
Visceral Membrane
Mesenteries

Question 3

What is retroperitoneal?

Answer 3

Structures behind the peritoneum like the kidney

Question 4

Parietal Membrane

Answer 4

Lines walls of coelom

Question 5

Visceral Membrane

Answer 5

Covers viscera within the coelem

Question 6

Mesentries

Answer 6

double membrane connecting parietal and visceral peritoneum

Question 7

What does the mesenteries do?

Answer 7

support viscera

Provide pathway for blood vessels and nerves to reach viscera

Question 8

Major functions of liver

Answer 8

detoxification of blood
Storage of glycogen
secretion of bile
Protein synthesis

Question 9

Where is the liver located?

Answer 9

In upper right portion of abdominal cavity
Project superiorly to xiphersternal junction
Projects as far as apex of heart
Project inferiorly to midpoint between xiphoid process and umbilicus

Question 10

Falciform ligament

Answer 10

Runs to umbilicus
Encloses ligamentum teres
Projects anteriorly between right and left lobes

Question 11

Coronary ligaments

Answer 11

Surrounds bare area

Reflect to inferior surface of diaphragm

Question 12

Triangular ligaments

Answer 12

Represents the double folds of coronary ligaments

Question 13

The right lobe of the liver is (largest/smallest)

Answer 13

largest

Question 14

The left lobe is (smaller/larger) than right lobe but (larger/smaller) than caudate and quadrate

Answer 14

smaller

larger

Question 15

Lesser omentum encloses portal triad of

Answer 15

portal vein
hepatic artery
biliary ducts

Question 16

Portal System

Answer 16

Venous connection between two organs other than the heart. Connects the two capillary beds

Question 17

Rugae

Answer 17

internal longitudinal ridges allows expansion of the stomach

Question 18

Where is the stomach located?

Answer 18

upper left quadrant within epigastric and left hypochondriac regions

Question 19

What are the three major subdivisions of the stomach?

Answer 19

Fundus
Body
Pylorus

Question 20

What are the mesenteries and ligaments associated with liver

Answer 20

Falciform
Coronary
Triangular

Question 21

The three liver surfaces include

Answer 21

Diaphragmatic (anterior, superior and some inferior)
Visceral (posteroinferior)
Bare Area

Question 22

The two liver recesses are the

Answer 22

subphrenic recess

Hepatorenal recess

Question 23

Portal Hepatis

Answer 23

Entry point for the portal triad including hepatic portal vein, common hepatic artery and common hepatic duct

Question 24

Caudate lobe of liver is (posterior/anterior) to Quadrate located (superiorly/laterally)?

Answer 24

Posterior

Superiorly

Question 25

Porta hepatis serves as a division for what two liver structures?

Answer 25

Caudate and Quadrate by a transverse fissure

Question 26

Ligamentum teres

Answer 26

embryological remnant of umbilical vein

projects inferiorly from falciform ligament

Question 27

What organ lies between quadrate and right lobe and stores/concentrates bile?

Answer 27

Gallbladder

Question 28

Common hepatic duct

Answer 28

Form union of right and left hepatic ducts of liver

Accompanied by portal vein and proper hepatic artery

Question 29

What duct connects common hepatic duct to gall bladder and has a spiral valve?

Answer 29

Cystic Duct

Question 30

What duct is formed by the union of the hepatic duct and cystic duct opening into duodenum?

Answer 30

Common bile duct