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What are the retroperitoneal structures?

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SAD PUCKER

  • Suprarenal (adrenal) adrenal
  • Aorta and IVC
  • Duodenum (2nd - 4th part)
  • Pancreas (except tail)
  • Ureters
  • Colon (descending and ascending)
  • Kidneys
  • Esophagus (thoracic portion)
  • Rectum (partially)
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What does the falciform ligament connect?

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Liver to anterior abdominal wall

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What does the hepatoduodenal ligament connect?

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Liver to duodenum

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What does the hepatogastric ligament connect?

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Liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach

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What does the gastrocolic ligament connect?

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Greater curvature and transverse colon

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What does the gastrosplenic ligament connect?

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Greater curvature to the spleen

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What does the splenorenal ligament connect?

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Spleen to left pararenal space

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What ligaments are derived of the ventral mesentery?

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  • Falciform ligament
  • Hepatoduodenal ligament
  • Hepatogastric ligament
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What ligaments are derived from the dorsal mesentery?

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  • Gastrocolic ligament
  • Gastrosplenic ligament
  • Splenorenal ligament
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What structures are contained in the falciform ligament?

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  • Ligamentum teres hepatis (derivative of fetal umbilical vein)
  • Patent paraumbilical veins
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What is contained in the hepatoduodenal ligament?

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Portal triad

  • Proper hepatic artery
  • Portal vein
  • Common bile duct
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What ligaments are contained in the lesser omentum?

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  • Hepatoduodenal ligament

- Hepatogastric ligament

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What ligaments are contained in the greater omentum?

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  • Gastrocolic ligament

- Gastrosplenic ligament

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What does the omental foramen connect?

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The greater and lesser sacs

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What ligament is held in Pringle maneuver?

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Hepatoduodenal ligament (contains portal triad)

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What are the borders of the omental foramen?

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  • Anterior: Hepatoduodenal ligament
  • Posterior: the peritoneum covering the inferior vena cava
  • Superior: the peritoneum covering the caudate lobe of the liver
  • Inferior: the peritoneum covering the commencement of the duodenum and the hepatic artery, the latter passing forward below the foramen before ascending between the two layers of the lesser omentum.
  • Left lateral: gastrosplenic ligament and splenorenal ligament
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Name the layers of the gut wall from inside to out?

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  • Mucosa (epithelium, lamina propria, muscularis mucosa)
  • Submucosa (Meissner’s plexus)
  • Muscularis externa (Auerbach’s/myenteric plexus) (contains inner/circular and outer/longitudinal layer)
  • Serosa
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What part of the GI tract has the fatest and slowest basal electric rhythms?

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Duodenum (fastest) > Ileum > Stomach (slowest)

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What cells produce slow waves?

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Interstitial cells of Cajal

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When does an erosion become an ulcer?

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Once it extends into the submucosal layer

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What part of the esophagus is striated muscle and what is smooth?

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  • Upper 1/3 is striated

- Lower 2/3 is smooth

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Describe the cells of the esophagus

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Nonkeratinised stratified squamous epithelium

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Histology of GI tract

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First aid page 372

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How many arteries supply the adrenal glands?

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3

  • Superior suprarenal (T12)
  • Middle suprarenal (T12)
  • Inferior suprarenal (L1)
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What areas of the colon are 'watershed' areas?
- Splenic flexure (SMA and IMA) | - Rectosigmoid junction (last sigmoid arterial branch from IMA and superior rectal artery)
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What is Nutcracker syndrome?
The compression of the left renal vein between the SMA and Aorta. - Adbominal pain - Gross hematuria (from rupture of thin-walled renal varicosities) - Left-sided varocele
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What is superior mesenteric artery syndrome?
Aorta and SMA compress transverse (3rd) portion of duodenum - Intermittent intestinal obstruction symptoms - Postprandial pain - Associated with low body weight/malnutrition (low mesenteric fat)
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At what vertebral level do the celiac trunk, SMA and IMA branch off?
- Celiac - T12/L1 - SMA - L1 - IMA - L3
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What are the branches of the Celiac trunk?
- Left gastric (esophageal branches from this) - Splenic (gives off short gastric and left gastroepiploic) - Common hepatic
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What are the branches of the common hepatic artery?
Proper hepatic - R hepatic - Left hepatic - Cystic Right gastric Gastroduodenal - Ant Sup pancreaticoduodenal - Post Sup pancreaticoduodenal - Right gastroepiploic
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What veins are joined in caput medusae?
- Paraumbilical (portal) | - Small epigastric (systemic)
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What can be used to treat portal hypertension?
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) | - May cause build up of ammonia -> encephalopathy
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What veins come together to form anorectal varices?
- Superior rectal vein (portal) | - Middle and inferior rectal veins (systemic)
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What cancers do you get above the pectinate line?
Adenocarcinoma
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What type of hemorrhoids are painful and why?
External hemorrhoids (if thrombosed) as they receive somatic innervation from the inferior rectal branch of the pudendal nerve
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What cancers do you get below the pectinate line?
Squamous cell carcinoma
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Where does the inferior rectal artery arise from?
Internal pudendal artery
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Where are anal fissures loacted?
``` Posterior midline (poorly perfused) - Below pectinate line ```
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Where does the lymph above the pectinate line drain to?
Internal iliac lymph node
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Where does the lymph below the pectinate line drain to?
Superficial inguinal lymph node
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What is the functional unit of the liver (the lobule) made up of?
- Hexagonal - Each corner contains a portal triad - In the centre is a central vein (which drains into the hepatic vein) - Sinusoids ( which carry fluid from th portal triad to the central vein
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What is the function of Kupffer cells?
- Specialised macrophages - Clear bacteria - Clear damaged or senescent RBCs
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What cells are responsible for hepatic fibrosis?
- Hepatic stellate (Ito) cells in the space of Disse
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What do hepatic stellate cells store?
Vitamin A
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What zone is affected by yellow fever?
Zone II (intermediate zone)
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What effects Zone I (periportal zone) ?
- Viral hepatitis | - Ingested toxins (cocaine)
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What affects zone III (pericentral/centrilobular) zone?
- Ischaemia | - Ethanol, CCl4, halothane, rifampin, acetaminophen)
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Where is the enzyme cytochrome P-450 mostly found?
Zone III
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Cancer of the head of the pancreas has what sign?
Courvoisier sign (painless jaundice and enlarged gallbladder)
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What are the bordes of the femoral triangle?
- Superiorly (base): Inguinal ligament - Lateral: Sartorius major - Medial: Adductor longus
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What does the femoral sheath contain?
Femoral artery, vein and lymph (does not contain femoral nerve, this lies laterally)
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What is contained in the femoral canal (ring)?
deep inguinal lymph nodes
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What are the differences between indirect and direct inguinal hernias in terms of there relation to epigastric vessels?
- Indirect inguinal hernias occur lateral to inferior epigastric vessels - Direct inguinal hernias occur medialy to inferior epigastric vessels
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What type of hernia only passes through the superficial inguinal ring (and thru Hesselbach's triangle)?
Direct inguinal hernia | - Indirect hernias pass through both deep and superficial inguina rings
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How many layers of spermatic fascia are covered by an indirect inguinal hernia?
- All 3
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What are the 3 layers of spermatic fascia?
Internal spermatic fascia - from transversalis fascia Cremasteric muscle and fasica - from internal oblique External spermatic fascia - External oblique
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Anatomy of groin
Page 379
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In a paraesophageal hiatal hernia what protrudes through to the thorax?
The fundus | - The gastroesophageal junction is usually intact
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What is an indirect inguinal hernia caused by?
A failure of the tunica vaginalis to close (may form a hydrocele)
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What type of hernia is more common in females and more likely to cause strangulation?
Femoral hernia
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Where is a femoral hernia located?
- Below and lateral to pubic tubercle | - Through femoral canal
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What is Zollinger-Ellison syndrome caused bY?
Gastrinoma - G cells produce too much gastrin - Resulting in too much H+ secretion

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