Abdominal Viscera

Question 1

Muscular sphincter that surrounds the terminal part of the esophagus where it enters the stomach

Answer 1

cardiac sphincter

Question 2

blind region that extends to the left and dorsally to the cardia; positioned farthest left of the midline

Answer 2

fundus

Question 3

the sharp angle formed at the junction of the cardia with the fundus

Answer 3

cardiac notch

Question 4

the largest region of the stomach

Answer 4

body

Question 5

the funnel-shaped terminal portion of the stomach; extends between the body wall and the duodenum

Answer 5

pyloric region

Question 6

continuous with the gastric body and equals the first two-thirds of the pyloric region; funnels injesta to the pyloric canal

Answer 6

pyloric antrum

Question 7

part of stomach that tapers to the approximate size of the duodenum

Answer 7

pyloric canal

Question 8

small elevations present in the initial part of the descending duodenum where ducts of the liver and pancreas open into the duodenum

Answer 8

duodenal papillae

Question 9

at the level of the tuber coxae where the duodenum makes a sharp bend and continues cranially;

Where is this in relation to the root of the mesentery?

Answer 9

. caudal duodenal flexure

located caudal to the root of the mesentery

Question 10

Where the duodenum joins the jejunum

Answer 10

duodenojejunal flexure

Question 11

The jejunum begins at the ______________, and ends at the _______________.

Answer 11

duodenojejunal flexure

jejunoileal junction

Question 12

the major vessel that supplies the jejunum, the ____________________, along with the mesojejunum that surrounds the vessel is referred to as the _______________

Answer 12

cranial mesenteric artery

root of the mesentery

Question 13

What can be used to approximate the length of the ileum in the dog?

Answer 13

Antimesenteric ileal artery

Question 14

The cecum is closely attached to the ileum by the short _____________.

Answer 14

ileocecal fold

Question 15

shortest part of the colon

Answer 15

ascending colon

Question 16

the angle where the ascending colon becomes continuous with the transverse colon

Answer 16

right colic flexure

Question 17

______________ extends from the right colic flexure to the left colic flexure; __________ to the root of the mesentery, just caudal to the ____________________.

Answer 17

transverse colon

cranial

greater curvature of the stomach

Question 18

the longest portion of the colon

Answer 18

descending colon

Question 19

The _____________ opens into the cranial part of the descending duodenum on the ______________ (along with the _____________ from the liver)

Answer 19

pancreatic duct

major duodenal papilla

common bile duct

Question 20

opens onto the minor duodenal papilla

Answer 20

accessory pancreatic duct

Question 21

has a small renal impression for the cranial pole of the right kidney

Answer 21

right lateral lobe of the liver

Question 22

small lobe on the midline between the right and left medial lobes that touches the gall bladder on its right surface

Answer 22

quadrate lobe of the liver

Question 23

the gall bladder is located between the __________ and the ____________

Answer 23

quadrate lobe and right medial lobe of the liver

Question 24

extends from the small central part of the caudate lobe to the angular notch of the lesser curvature of the stomach; enveloped by the lesser omentum

Answer 24

papillary process of the caudate lobe

Question 25

similar to the hilus of the lung, transmits hepatic vessels, nerves, lymphatics, and the bile duct

Answer 25

porta of the liver

Question 26

on the diaphragmatic surface of the liver where the peritoneum reflects onto the surface of the diaphragm

Answer 26

coronary ligament of the liver

Question 27

thin, transparent folds of peritoneum at the right and left terminations of the coronary ligament of the liver

Answer 27

triangular ligaments

Question 28

a delicate, double layer of peritoneum that extends between the liver and the right kidney

Answer 28

hepatorenal ligament

Question 29

The _________ arises at the neck of the gallbladder and carries bile to the duodenum; receives __________ from the liver

Answer 29

cystic duct

hepatic ducts

Question 30

where the vessels enter/leave the spleen

Answer 30

hilus

Question 31

The cranial pole of the right kidney nestles within a __________ of the __________ of the ___________ of the liver

Answer 31

renal fossa

caudate process

caudate lobe

Question 32

The ______________ of the uterus are the peritoneal folds on each side that attach to the lateral sublumbar region

Answer 32

broad ligaments

Question 33

arises from the lateral wall of the pelvis and the lateral part of the sublumbar region and attaches to the lateral part of the cranial end of the vagina, uterine cervix, and uterine body, and the corresponding uterine horn

Answer 33

mesometrium

Question 34

begins at a transverse plane through the cranial end of the uterine horn and attaches the ovary and associated ligaments to the lateral part of the sublumbar region

Answer 34

mesovarium

Question 35

is the peritoneum that attaches the uterine tube to the mesovarium and forms with the mesovarium the wall of the ovarian bursa

Answer 35

mesosalpinx

Question 36

functions to hold the ovary in a relatively fixed position

Answer 36

suspensory ligament of the ovary

Question 37

a homologue of the embryonic gubernaculum

Answer 37

round ligament of the uterus