Ach Lab 4-Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas, Spleen Flashcards
Ligament of Treitz
suspensory ligament for the duodenojejunal flexure
Which part of the pancreas is NOT retroperitoneal?
Tail
Tumor growth in the head of the pancreas can obstruct what?
The bile or pancreatic ducts
What drains at the minor duodenal papilla?
Accessory pancreatic duct (if it is present)
What comes together behind the major duodenal papilla?
The hepatopancreatic ampulla where the bile duct and pancreatic ducts come together
What surrounds the hepatopancreatic ampulla to control combined opening of the ducts?
Shpincter papillae (sphincter of Oddi)
What arteries anastomose in the lesser curvature of the stomach?
L and R gastric arteries
What 3 vessels come off the celiac trunk?
Left gastric artery
Splenic artery
Common Hepatic Artery
What does the common hepatic artery branch into?
The Hepatic artery proper and the Gastroduodenal artery
What artery usually branches off the R hepatic artery?
Cystic artery
What forms the Cystohepatic Triangle?
Left & R Hepatic Arteries and the bottom of the liver (the cystic artery is found within this triangle)
What do the pancreaticoduodenal arteries branch from?
Gastroduodenal artery
What forms the Common hepatic duct?
R and L hepatic duct
What forms the Common Bile duct?
Common Hepatic duct and cystic duct
What smooth muscle folds keep the cystic duct open at all times so bile can flow easily into and out of the gall bladder?
Spiral folds