Abdominal Viscera Flashcards
GI tract extends from
Mouth to anus
Right lobe of liver
Right of falciform ligament
Left lobe of liver
Left of falciform
Quarate lobe
Visceral surface between gall bladder and falciform
Caudate lobe
Visceral between IVC and falciform
Functional lobes based on
Branching of proper hepatic duct into R and L hepatic duct
left lobe includes
Left anatomical, quadrate, and caudate
Right lobe includes
Right anatomical
Liver lies in which planes?
Right lateral, epigastric, left/right hypochondriac
Porta hepatis
Entrance/exit on inferior side for hepatic portal vein, proper hepatic artery, hepatic duct
Coronary ligaments
Lines of reflection of visceral peritoneum onto diaphragm define bare area
Falciform ligament
Middle fusion of R and L coronary ligaments on anterior surface
Remnants of ventral mesentary
Ligamentum teres hepatis
Inferior free edge of falciform lig…obliterated umbilical vein
Bare area
Portion of the liver not covered in visceral peritoneum bc fused to diaphragm
Glissons capsule
Collagenous capsule covering extenral surface of liver…exposed in bare area (infection)
Trainagular ligament
Fucsion of anterior and posterior coronary ligaments
Recess between kidney and liver
Hepatorenal recess (Morison’s pouch)
Spleen function
WBC proliferation, immune surveillance, blood reservoir
Damage to spleen
Protected by 9th and 10th ribs …left upper quadrant blow
Will bleed
Order that food passes through tract
Esophagus Stomach Duodenum Jejunm Ileum Ascending colon Transverse colon Descending colon Sigmoid colon Rectum
Esophagus passes into abdomen at what level and accompanied by whtat?
Posterior vagal trunks (from R vagus nerve)
T9-T10
Gastroesophagial junction
In cardiac region whenre esophagus joins stomach
Hiatal hernia
Movement of cardiac portion of stomach into thorax
Rugae
Folds of mucosa in stomach
Stomach covered by
Peritoneum
Anterior/superior to stomach
Anterior abdominal wall
Left costal margin
Diaphragm
Left of stomach
Spleen (sep by peritoneum)
Right of stomach
Quadrate and left lobes of liver
POsterior to stomach
All sep by peritoneum Diaphragm Left suprarenal gland Upper pole of left kidney Pancreas Left colic flexure
Peptic ulcer
Result in breach of mucusal lining of GI and consequence of high pH stomach acid
Mucosal lining of peptic ulcer infection
H/ Phylori bacteria
Gastric carcinoma
Malignant cells in lining of stomach
Symptoms of gastric carcinoma
Heartburn, upper ab pain, loss of appetite, weight loss, blood in stool
Stomach lies in which planes
Epigastric, umbilical, left hypochondriac