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parietal peritoneum

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  • lines abdominal cavity
  • retroperitoneal organs (behind) eg kidneys, pancreases
  • on posterior abdominal wall
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visceral peritoneum

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  • covers organs into the abdominal or pelvic cavities
  • intraperitoneal organs - covered by visceral peritoneum eg stomach jejunum
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what is the peritoneum

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  • serous membrane
  • aids movement making it friction free
  • peritoneum fluid
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what is the peritoneum that covers the intestine called

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mesentary

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what is the peritoneum that covers the stomach called

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omentum
- hangs from the greater curvature of the stomach, fatty material, can migrate to site of infection and wrap around it

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what are the compartments of the stomach

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  • lesser sac behind the stomach
  • greater sac
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parts of the foregut

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  • Oesophagus
  • Stomach
  • Proximal half duodenum
  • Liver
  • Pancreas
  • Spleen
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the oesophagus

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  • Begins at inferior end of pharynx
  • Goes through the diaphragm at T10
  • 3 constrictions: origin, crossed arch of aorta and left bronchus, through diaphragm
  • Constricted by contractions of the diaphragm
  • Stratified squamous epithelium
    Inner circular, outer longitudinal muscle
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the stomach

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  • chemically and physically break down food
  • Inner oblique layer
  • Fundus, body, lesser curvature and the greater curvature (where greater omentum), pyloric antrum, pyloric canal
  • Rugay - funnal food down
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the small intestine - duodenum

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  • Retroperitoneal organ - needs to be protected
  • 4 parts:
  • Superior L1: Intraperitoneal (very beginning)
  • Descending L2/3: Receives bile duct and pancreatic duct, Opens onto the major duodenal papilla, MDP marks foregut midgut boundary
  • Transverse L3
  • Ascending L2: Intraperitoneal (very end)
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what are the organs in the midgut

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  • Distal half duodenum
  • Jejunum
  • Ileum
  • Caecum
  • Ascending colon
  • Proximal 2/3rds transverse colon
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jejunum and ileum

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  • Attached to posterior abdominal wall by the mesentery
  • Peritonise - intraperitoneal structures
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description of the jejunum

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  • colour: deep red
  • wall: thick wall (many folds, absorb more), large, tall and closely packed plicae circulares
  • vascularity: greater
  • vasa recta: long
  • arterial arcades: few large loops
  • peyer patches: few
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description of the ileum

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  • colour: pale pink
  • wall: thin and light, low and spare plicae circulares, absent in distal part
  • vascularity: less
  • vasa recta: short
  • arterial arcades: numerous short loops
  • peyers patches: many
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large intestine

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  • Caecum: Appendix attached
  • Ascending colon
  • Transverse colon
  • Descending colon
  • Sigmoid colon
  • Rectum
  • Anal canal: Haustra - formed by taenia coli - creates pouched, Omental appendage
  • Taenia coli
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what are the organs in the hind gut

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  • Distal 1/3rd transverse colon
  • Descending colon
  • Sigmoid colon
  • Rectum
  • Anal canal
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the rectum and anal canal

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  • Continuous with sigmoid colon at S3
  • Continuous with anal canal at tip of coccyx
  • 3 transverse rectal folds
  • Internal anal sphincter - smooth muscle, involuntary
  • External anal sphincter - made of skeletal matter, allows for voluntary movement
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liver

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  • 4 lobes - left, right,(anterior view) caudate and quadrate
  • Porta hepatis - hilum of liver, entrance and exit for the main structures associated with the liver
  • Portal tirade - hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery proper, bile duct: Runs between peritoneum hepatoduodenal ligament
  • Coronary ligaments superiorly
  • Between liver and diaphragm
  • Surrounded by bare area
  • Triangular ligaments laterally
  • Falciform ligament anteriorly’
  • Contains ligament teres (umbilical vein remnant)
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gallbladder

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  • Store and concentrates bile produced by the liver
  • Right and left hepatic duct, form to get common hepatic duct, to cystic duct and the bile duct - binds with main pancreatic duct
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pancreas

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  • parts: head, neck, body, tail, uncinate process
  • Main pancreatic duct opens into the 2nd part of the duodenum with the bile duct as the hepatopancreatic ampulla
  • Retroperitoneal
  • At the transpyloric plane
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what are the branches of the aorta

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  • coeliac trunk (T12)
  • superior mesenteric artery (L1)
  • inferior mesenteric artery (L3)
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what does the coeliac artery supply

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  • Lower oesophagus
  • Stomach
  • Proximal half of duodenum
  • Liver
  • Gall bladder
  • Pancreas
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what are the 3 arteries off the coeliac trunk

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  • left gastric
  • splenic
  • common hepatic
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left gastric artery

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  • Runs of lesser curvature of the stomach
  • Off to oesophageal branches
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splenic artery
- Runs to supply spleen - Short gastric - fundus - Spleen - Left gastro omental artery - along greater curvature of stomach
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common hepatic artery
- Right gastric - Proper hepatic artery - Gastroduodenal: Super duodenal, Right gastro omental - Superior pancreaticoduodenal
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what does the superior mesenteric artery supply
- Distal half of duodenum - Small intestine - Large intestine
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what are the breanckes of the superior messenterid artery
- Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery - Jejunal and ileal branches - Runs between 2 layers of the mesentery ○ Ileal branches ○ appendicular ○ Ileocolic artery: Inferior branches to ileocolic junction, Superior branch to ascending colon - Right colic artery: To ascending colon - Middle colic artery: To transverse colon
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where does the inferior mesenteric artery supply
Large intestine distal to splenic flexure up to anal canal
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what are the branches of the inferior mesenteric artery
- Left colic artery: Ascending branch in transverse mesocolon, Descending branch to lower descending colon - Superior sigmoid artery and sigmoid arteries: In sigmoid mesocolon, Lowest part of descending colon, Sigmoid colon - Superior rectal artery: In right and left branches either side of rectum, Supply rectum to inferior anal sphincter
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what is the hepatic portal vein
- Formed by union of splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein - Posterior to the neck of the pancreas - Receives most of the blood from the GI tract
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what are the parts of the autonomic nervous system
- Coeliac ganglion: foregut - Superior mesenteric ganglion: midgut - Inferior mesenteric ganglion: Hindgut
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what is the parasympathetic pathway
- rest and digest - craniosacral outflow
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what is the sympathetic pathway
- fight or flight - throacolumar
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where does the oesophagus originate from
the inferior border of the cricoid cartilage (C6) - travels down to the cardiac orifice of the stomach - T11
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what are the layers of the oesophagus
- adventitia - muscle layer - submucosa - mucosa
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arterial supply of the thoracic oesophagus
- thoracic aorta - inferior thyroid artery
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venous drainage of the thoracic oesophagus
- branches of the azygous veins - inferior thyroid vein
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arterial supply of the abdominal oesophagus
- left gastric artery - left inferior phrenic artery
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venous drainage of the abdominal oesophagus
- portal circulation via left gastric vein - systemic circulation via azygous vein
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innervation of the oesophagus
- the oesophageal plexus - this is formed by the parasympathetic vagal trunk and sympathetic fibres from cervical and thoracic sympathetic trunks
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parts of the lymphatic drainage of the oesophagus
- superior third - deep cervical lymph nodes - middle third - superior and posterior mediastinal node - lower third - left gastric and celiac nodes
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greater curvature of the stomach
- long convex lateral border of the stomach - arising at cardiac notch, arching backwards and inferiorly to the left - curves to the right as it continues medially to reach the pyloric antrum
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blood supply of the greater curvature of the stomach
- right and left gastro-omental arteries
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lesser curvature of the stomach
- shorter, concave, medial surface of stomach - angular notch indicates the junction of the body and pyloric region - gives attachment to hepatogastric ligament
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blood supply of the lesser curvature of the stomach
- left gastric artery - right gastric branch of the hepatic artery
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what are the sphincters of the stomach
- inferior oesophageal sphincter - pyloric sphincter
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what is the function of the inferior oesophageal sphincter
- transition point of the oesophagus and the stomach - allows food to pass through the cardiac orifice into the stomach - not voluntary controlled
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what is the function of the pyloric sphincter
- controls the exit of chyme from the stomach (food and gastric acid mixture) - contains smooth muscle
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greater omentum
- hangs from greater curvature of the stomach - folds back on itself attaching to the to the transverse colon - contains lymph nodes
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lesser omentum
- continuous with peritoneal layers of the stomach and duodenum - arises from lesser curvature of stomach - ascends to attach to the liver - function: attach stomach and duodenum to liver
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arterial supply of stomach
- from celiac trunk - left gastric, right gastric - right gastro-omental, left gastro-omental
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venues supply of the stomach
- right and left gastric vein drain into the hepatic portal vein
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innervation of the stomach
autonomic nervous system - parasympathetic - anterior and posterior vagal trunks from vagus nerve - sympathetic nerve T6-T9 spinal cord, carries pain transmitting fibres
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where do stomach lymph fluids drain
- into gastric and gastro-omental lymph nodes
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how are the ileum and jejunum attached to the posterior wall
by the mesentery
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where does the ileum end
at the ileocaecal junction
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what is the function of the ileocecal valve
to stop a reflex of material back into the ileum
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arterial supply of the duodenum
- gastroduodenal artery = proximal to the major duodenal papilla - inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery = distal to major duodenal papilla
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what are the lymphatics of the duodenum
- pancreatoduodenal and superior mesenteric nodes
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arterial supply of the jejunum and ileum
superior mesenteric artery
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venous drainage of the jejunum and ileum
superior mesenteric vein
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lymphatics of the jejunum and ileum
superior mesenteric nodes
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vascular supply of the caecum
superior mesenteric vessels - artery = ileocolic artery - vein = ileocolic vein
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innervation of the caecum
- sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system - from the ileocolic branch of the superior mesenteric plexus
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lymphatic drainage of the caecum
ileocolic lymph nodes
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what are the possible positions of the appendix
- pre-ileal - post-ileal - sub-ileal - pelvic - subcecal - paracecal - retrocecal
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vascular supply of the appendix
branches of the superior mesenteric vessels
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arterial supply of the appendix
appendicular artery
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innervation of the appendix
sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of autonomic nervous system - ileocolic branch of the superiro mesenteric plexus
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lymphatic drainage of the appendix
ileocolic lymph nodes
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what is the paracolic gutters
two spaces between the ascending/ descending colon and the posterolateral abdominal wall
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what is the importance of the paracolic gutters
allow material that has been released from inflamed or infected abdominal organs to accumulate elsewhere in the abdoment
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venous drainage of the ascending colon
ileocolic and right colic veins
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venous drainage of the transverse colon
middle colic vein
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venous drainage of the descending colon
left colic vein
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venous drainage of the sigmoid colon
sigmoid vein
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innervation of the midgut
sympathetic, parasympathetic and sensory supply from superior mesenteric plexus
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innervation of the hindgut
sympathetic, parasympathetic and sensory from inferior mesenteric plexus - parasympathetic = pelvic splanchnic - sympathetic = lumbar splanchnic
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lymphatic drainage of the large intestine
- ascending and transverse = superior mesenteric nodes - descending and sigmoid = inferior mesenteric nodes
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arterial supply of the rectum
- superior rectal artery - middle rectal artery - inferior rectal artery
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venous drainage of the rectum
- superior rectal vein - middle rectal vein - inferior rectal vein - into portal venous system
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innervation of the rectum
sensory and autonomic
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lymphatic drainage of the rectum
- pararectal lymph nodes - internal iliac lymph nodes (lower aspect)

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