abdominal organs Flashcards
abdominal viscera
- stomach
- intestines
- spleen
- pancreas
- liver
- gallbladder
- kidneys
what surrounds all the organs/viscera
visceral peritoneum
what surrounds the inner abdominal walls
parietal peritoneum
what is the space between the parietal and visceral layers
peritoneal cavity
what is continuous with the posterior part of the peritoneum
mesentery
chief function of the stomach
enzymatic digestion
4 parts of the stomach
cardiac, fundus, body, pyloric
what are the ridges in the wall of the stomach called
rugae
function of rugae
increase extensibility and SA
the duodenum wraps around what
head of the pancreas
4 parts of the duodenum
- superior
- descending
- horizontal
- ascending
where do the common bile duct and pancreatic duct empty into
descending portion of the duodenum
parts of the large intestine
- cecum
- appendix
- ascending colon
- transverse colon
- descending colon
- sigmoid colon
- rectum
- anal canal
three longitudinal bands of smooth muscle in L intestine
teniae coli
pouches or sacculations on L intestine
haustra
fat filled bags on large intestine
epiploic appendices
omentum
double layer of peritoneum linking two adjacent organs
- immune functions
- where you gain fat
number of layers of greater omentum
4 (2 double layers)
the omentumms come from what layer of peritoneum
visceral
greater omentum joins
greater curvature of stomach to superior transverse colon
lesser omentum joins
superior stomach to inferior liver