Anatomy-Peritoneum Flashcards
Identify the fellowing?
- Erector spinae
- quadratus lomborum
- psoas major
- opening for Abdominal aorta
- opening for oesophagus
- opening for inferior vena cava
- vertebral body
- aperture for spinal cord

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Identify the fellowing?
- The opening for abdominal aorta and it’s vertebral level
- opening for oesophagus and it’s vertebral level?
- opening for IVC and it’s vertebral level?
- iliacus
- quadratus lumborum
- psoas major
- psoas minor
- transverses abdominis muscle

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Identify the fellowing?
- Pubic symphysis
- iliacus
- Psoas major

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Identify the fellowing:
- Costal margin
- Anterior fibres of diaghragm
- Linea alba
- rectus sheath
- rectus abdominis
- transverses abdominis

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- what is the serous membrane that cover cavities called?
- what is the serous membrane that cover organs called ?
- Partietal
- visceral
What the serous membrane that cover the fellowing is called:
- Heart
- lungs
- abdomin organs
- pericardium
- pleura
- perotenium
What the peritoneum is formed of? and what is the function of the peritoneum?
- double layers of serous membrane
- allows organs of the abdomen to move with one another and also maintain continuity with the neurovascular supply.
The peritoneum is associated with which organs?
- Stomach
- Duodenum
- jejunum
- ilium
- caecum
- ascending colon
- transverse colon
- descending colon
- sigmoid colon
- rectum
- liver
- diaghragm
- gallbladder
- kidneys
- pancreas
- others structures such arteries and veins
What does the terms intraperitoneal, retroperitoneal, mesentary, omentum and ligament mean?
- Intraperitoneal: organ is not fixed to the abdominal wall and mobile.
- retroperitoneal: organ is fixed to the abdominal wall and is immobile.
- mesentary: duble layer of visceral peritoneum.
- omenta (singular omentum): double fold peritoneum that is between two organs or body wall (stomach and duodenum)
- Ligament: double fold of peritoneum that extends organ and part of the body wall.
Describe the peritoneum cavity?
- it is a potential space and NOT and actual space
- it is filled with peritoneal fluid.

Identify the fellowing:
- liver
- Thoracic diaphragm
- vertebral bodies
- abdominal aorta
- IVC
- sigmoid colon
- pelvic floor
- rectum
- stomach
- rectus abdominis
- transverse colon
- small intestine
- bladder
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From the pic identify
- Parietal peritoneum
- Visceral peritoneum
- Mesentary : folds of mesentary contains what?
- Omenta: Liver-Stomach, Stomach-transverse colon,
- lasser sac and the greater sac?
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- folds of mesentary contains neurovascular supply for small intestine.

What is the greater omentum is filled with?
Fat and vessels rich in blood that supply the small intestine. (neurovascular)
Label the fellowing in the pic:
- left lobe of the liver, covered by what?
- assending colon
- transverse colon, covered with what?
- the greater omentum
- the greater Sac (between —- and —-)
- small intestine
- partiel peritoneum
- segmoid colon
- stomach covered with…?


Identify the mesentary of the transverse colon, and also is called what…?
called Transverse mesocolon