Abdominal Viscera Flashcards
What is found in the foregut?
Esophagus
Stomach
Duodenum
Liver
Gallbladder
Spleen
Pancreas
What is another term for the midgut?
Superior mesenteric artery
What is found in the midgut?
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Cecum and appendix
Ascending colon
2/3 of transverse colon
What is the vasculature of the hindgut?
Inferior mesenteric artery
What is found in the hindgut?
1/3 transverse colon
Descending and sigmoid colon
Rectum
Anal canal
Where does the thoracic esophagus piercs the diaphragm?
T10
Where does the esophagus enter the stomach?
The cardiac orifice.
This is about T11
Where is the esophageal hiatus?
T10.
Where do structures pass through the diaphragm?
At T8, T10 and T12
What is the term for openings in the diaphragm?
Hiatuses
Where are the IVC and aorta located?
IVC is at T8
Aorta is at T12
What is a sliding hiatal hernia?
When the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm enlarges or weakens.
The abdominal esophagus and parts of the stomach herniate into the thorax.
What is a paraesophageal hiatal hernia?
A defect in the diaphragm. Next to the esophageal hiatus.
It permits the fundus of the stomach to herniate (not usually the esophagus).
Where is the stomach located?
The left hypochondriac and epigastric regions.
Where is the stomach fixed?
Left end fixed at T10-11
Right end fixed at L1-2
Area between is variable.
What are the parts of the stomach?
Fundus
Cardiac part, cardiac orifice
Body
Pylorus
Pyloric antrium (entrance t othe pylorace)
What is the pyloric orifice?
The entrance to the duodenum.
What are structures posterior to the stomach?
Diaphragm
Spleen
Left suprarenal gland
Uppper left kidney
Pancreas
Left colic flexure
Left transverse colon
Transverse mesocolon
What are structures anterior to the stomach?
Anterior abdominal wall
Left costal margin
Left diaphragm
Left and quadrate lobes of the liver
What is the small intestine located between?
The stomach and large intestine.
What is the small intestine subdivided into?
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Where is the duodenum located?
Approximately at L1 to L4 vertebral bodies.
Where does the duodenum start?
At the pylorus of the stomach and ends at the dodenal-jejunal junction.
What are the four parts of the duodenum?
Superior
Descending
Horizontal
Ascending
The duodenum is covered anteriorly by the peritoneum except where the …
Mesocolon of the transverse colon crosses the second part.
What is the first part of the duodenum surrounded by?
The hepatoduodenal ligament.
Where does the root of the mesentry begin?
At the duodeno-jejunal flexure
Where does the first part of the duodenum start?
At the pyloric sphincter.
What holds the first part of the duodenum in place?
The hepatoduodenal ligament.
What are posterior and superior to the first part of the duodenum?
Portal vein
Hepatic artery
Bile duct
What is anterior to the second part of the duodenum?
The fundus of the gall bladder
Right lobe of the liver
Transverse colon