Anatomy Flashcards
Hepatoduodenal ligament
Connects liver to duodenum
Contains portal triad: hepatic artery, portal vein, common bile duct
Falciform Ligament
Connects liver to anterior abdominal wall
Contains ligamentum teres hepatis
Omental formamen
Aka epiploic foramen of winslow
Connects greater and lesser sacs
Gastrohepatic ligament
Connects liver to lesser curvature of stomach, contains gastric arteries
May be cut during surgery to access lesser sac
Gastrocolic ligament
Connects greater curvature of stomach and transverse colon, contains gastroepiploic arteries. Part of the greater omentum.
Gastrosplenic ligament
Connects greater curvature and spleen, contains gastric and gastroepiploic vessels. Separates greater and lesser sacs on left
Splenorenal ligament
Connects spleen to posterior abdominal wall, contains splenic artery and vein and the tail of the pancreas
Histology of the esophagus
Nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium
Histology of duodenum
Villi and microvilli
Brunner glands and crypts of lieberkuhn
Panneth cells
Found at crypts of microvilli, secrete defensins