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Semester 4: Nutrition and Metabolism > Anatomy Topic 4 Case 1 > Flashcards

Anatomy Topic 4 Case 1 Flashcards

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Describe the protective role of the abdomen

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  • Abdomen houses elements of the GI tract, spleen and urinary system
  • Much of the viscera is under the diaphragm and is protected by the thoracic wall
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Describe the abdomen’s role in inspiration

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  • Abdominal muscles relaxes
  • To accommodate expansion of the thoracic cavity
  • To cause inferior displacement of abdominal organs during contraction of diaphragm
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Describe the abdomen’s role in expiration

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  • Abdominal muscles contract
  • To assist in elevating the domes of the diaphragm
  • Reducing thoracic volume
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How is intraabdominal pressure increased and what is the purpose of this.

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  • Contraction of abdominal wall muscles

- Assisting in voiding the contents of the bladder, rectum and in giving birth

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Which planes form the four-quadrant pattern

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  • Transumbilical plane passing through umbilicus at the level of L3/L4
  • Vertical median plane passing in the mid-sagittal plane
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Which planes form the nine-quadrant pattern?

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  • Subcostal plane at the level of L3 / rib 10
  • Intertubercular plane connecting tubercles of iliac crests and L5
  • Midclavicular planes passing in the sagittal plane between the midpoint of the clavicle and
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Identify the nine regions of the abdomen

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  • Right and left hypochdonrium, separated by epigastric region
  • Right and left flank, separated by umbilical region
  • Right and left groin, separated by the pubic region.
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Where is a craniocaudal incision performed and what is the purpose?

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  • Incision from xiphoid process to pubic symphysis

- Provides access to whole of abdominal contents for an exploratory procedure

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What is laparoscopic surgery? Identify an advantage of this type of surgery

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  • Keyhole surgery through small incisions no more than 2cm in length
  • Less postoperative pain and shorter recovery times
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What are the palpable landmarks used to delineate the extent of the abdomen?

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  • Costal margin above

- Pubic tubercle and ASIL above

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A line between which structures marks the position of the inguinal ligament? What is the purpose of the inguinal ligament?

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  • Pubi tubercle and ASIL

- Separates anterior abdominal wall above from thigh below

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What is the superficial inguinal ring and where is it located?

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  • Triangular defect in aponeurosis of external oblique
  • External opening of inguinal canal
  • In lower medial aspect of anterior abdominal wall
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What passes through the superficial inguinal ring in men?

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  • Spermatic cord
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What passes through the superficial inguinal ring in women?

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  • Round ligament of uterus
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What is the deep inguinal ring and where is it located?

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  • Internal opening to inguinal canal

- Superior to inguinal ligament midway between ASIL and pubic symphysis

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Where can the femoral pulse be felt?

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  • Inferior to inguinal ligament

- Midway between ASIL and pubic symphysis

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Where is the transpyloric plane located?

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  • L1 / rib 9 level
  • Transverse plane
  • Midway between jugular notch and pubic symphysis
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Where is the supracristal plane located

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  • L4
  • Transverse plane
  • Through highest point of iliac crests
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Identify structures found at the level of L1 / transpyloric plane

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  • Upper limit of end of duodenum
  • Hila of kidneys
  • Neck of pancreas
  • Origin of superior mesenteric artery
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Which major blood vessel originates at the upper border of L1?

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  • Celiac trunk
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Which major blood vessel originates at the lower border of L1?

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  • Superior mesenteric artery
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Which major blood vessel originates at the lower border of L2?

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  • Renal arteries
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Which major blood vessel originates at the lower border of L3?

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  • Inferior mesenteric artery
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Which major blood vessel originates at the lower border of L4?

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  • Common iliac arteries
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Which major blood vessel originates at the lower border of L5?

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  • Inferior vena cava from right and left common iliac veins
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Which organs are in the right upper quadrant?

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  • Liver and gallbladder
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Which organs are in the left upper quadrant?

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  • Stomach and spleen
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Which organs are in the right lower quadrant?

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  • Cecum and appendix
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Which organs are in the left lower quadrant?

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  • Descending and sigmoid colon
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How can the inferior of the liver be palpated?

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  • Just below right costal margin when patient breathes in deeply
  • Can be felt slipping under palpating fingers
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Where is McBurney’s point and what is it used to identify?

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  • One-third the way up a line from right ASIL to umbilicus

- Common surface projection of the appendix

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The superior poles of the kidneys reach as high as which ribs?

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  • Left: 11

- Right: 12

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At which vertebral level are the inferior poles of the kidneys?

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  • L3/L4
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At which vertebral level are the hila of the kidneys?

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  • L1
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With relation to surface anatomy where is the spleen located?

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  • Left side and back in the area of ribs 9 to 11
  • Follows the counter of rib 10 and extends from the superior pole of the left kidney to just posterior to the midaxillary line
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Identify the boundaries of the abdominal wall

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  • Superiorly by xiphoid process and costal margins
  • Posterior by vertebral column
  • Inferiorly by pelvic bones
37
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Identify the layers of the abdominal wall

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  • Skin
  • Superficial fascia
  • Muscles and their fascia
  • Extraperitoneal fascia
  • Parietal peritoneum
38
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What is Camper’s fascia?

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  • Superficial fatty layer of superficial fascia
  • Continuous with the superficial fascia of the thigh
  • Forms dartos fascia in men
  • Forms labia majora in women
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What is Scarpa’s fascia?

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  • Deep membranous layer of superficial fascia

- It is continuous with the fascia lata in the thigh

40
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What is Colles’ fascia?

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  • Part of Scarpa’s fascia that is firmly attached to ischiopubic rami and posterior margin of perineal membrane
41
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How does Scarpa’s fascia differ in males and females?

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  • Males: blends with superficial layer to form dartos fascia, also forms fundiform ligament of penis
  • Women: forms labia majora
42
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Identify the five anterolateral muscles

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  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Transversus abdominis
  • Rectus abdominis
  • Pyramidalis
43
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Identify the combined actions of the anterolateral muscles

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  • Protection of the viscera
  • Maintains position of the viscera
  • Quiet and forced expiration
  • Increases intraabdominal pressure
44
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Identify the origin, insertion, action and innervation of the external oblique muscle

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  • Origin: Slips from outer surfaces of ribs 5-12
  • Insertion: Lateral lip of iliac crest, aponeurosis ending in linea alba
  • Innervation: Anterior rami of T7-T12
  • Function: Flexion of trunk, turning anterior part of abdomen to opposite side, compressing abdominal contents
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Identify the role of the external oblique in the formation of the inguinal canal

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  • Lower border of the external oblique aponeurosis forms the inguinal ligament
  • Which folds under itself forming a trough
46
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Where does the lacunar ligament form between?

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  • Medial end of inguinal ligament

- Pectin pubis

47
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Identify the origin, insertion, action and innervation of the internal oblique

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  • Origin: Thoracolumbar fascia, iliac crest between origins of external oblique and transversus, lateral 2/3 of inguinal ligament
  • Insertion: Inferior border of ribs 8 to 12, aponeurosis ending in linea alba, pubic crest and pectineal line
  • Innervation: Anterior rami of T7 to L1
  • Function: Flexion of trunk, turning anterior part of abdomen to opposite side, compressing abdominal contents
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Identify the origin, insertion, action and innervation of the transversalis abdominis muscle

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  • Origin: Thoracolumbar fascia, medial lip of iliac crest, lateral 1/3 of inguinal ligament, costal cartilages of ribs 7 to 12
  • Insertion: Aponeurosis ending in linea alba
  • Innervation: T7 to L1
  • Action: Compresses abdominal contents
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Identify the origin, insertion, action and innervation of rectus abominis

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  • Origin: Pubic crest, tubercle and symphysis
  • Insertion: Costal cartilages of ribs 5-7, xiphoid process
  • Innervation: T7-T12
  • Function: Compresses abdominal wall, flexion of vertebral column, tenses abdominal wall
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Identify the origin, insertion, action and innervation of pyramidalis

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  • Origin: Front of pubic symphysis
  • Insertion: Linea alba
  • Innervation: Anterior ramus of T12
  • Function: Tenses linea alba
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What is the transversalis fascia?

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  • Layer of deep investing fascia associated with the transversalis muscle
  • That lines the abdominal fascia
  • Continuous posteriorly with thoracolumbar fascia
  • Blends anteriorly with fascia covering pelvic bones to form the parietal pelvic fascia
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Where is the extraperitoneal fascia located, where is it most prominent and what does it contain?

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  • Deep to transversalis fascia and superficial to peritoneum
  • More prominent posteriorly (retroperitoneal)
  • Contains blood vessels
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What is the peritoneum. Where is it located and how does it differ in males and females?

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  • Thin serous membrane that lines the abdominal walls and reflects onto viscera
  • Deep to extraperitoneal fascia
  • Closed in men, has two openings in women for passage of uterine tubes
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Identify the arterial supply to the superficial superior part of the anterior abdominal wall

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  • Musculophrenic artery

- The terminal branch of the internal thoracic artery

55
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Identify the arterial supply to the superficial inferior part of the anterior abdominal wall

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  • Medially by the superficial epigastric artery
  • Laterally by the superficial circumflex iliac artery
  • Both of which are branches of the femoral artery
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Identify the arterial supply to the deep superior part of the anterior abdominal wall

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  • Superior epigastric artery

- A terminal branch of the internal thoracic artery

57
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Identify the arterial supply to the deep lateral part of the anterior abdominal wall

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  • Tenth and eleventh intercostal arteries

- Subcostal artery

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Identify the arterial supply to the deep inferior part of the anterior abdominal wall

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  • Medially by the inferior epigastric artery
  • Laterally by the deep circumflex iliac artery
  • Both of which are branches of the external iliac artery
59
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Which arteries enter the rectus sheath and anastomose?

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  • Superior and inferior epigastric arteries
60
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Which intercostal nerves are involved in innervation of the anterolateral abdominal wall

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  • T7 to T11
61
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Outline the pathway of the intercostal nerves supplying the anterolateral abdominal wall

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  • Leave intercostal spaces
  • Pass deep to costal cartilage
  • Continue between internal oblique and transversus abdominis muscles
  • Enter rectus sheath, posterior to lateral aspect of rectus abdominis
  • Approach midline and give off an anterior cutaneous branch
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Other than the intercostal nerves, identify three other nerves supplying the anterolateral abdominal wall and their course

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  • Subcostal nerve (T12) follows similar course as intercostals
  • Iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerves (L1) branch from lumbar plexus
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Which region of skin is supplied by T7-T9?

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  • Skin from xiphoid process to just above umbilicus
64
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Which region of skin is supplied by T10?

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  • Umbilicus
65
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Which region of skin is supplied by T11-L1

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  • Below umbilicus including pubic region

- Ilioinguinal nerve also supplies anterior surface of scrotum, labia majora, and small part of proximal thigh

66
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Outline the superficial lymphatic drainage of the anterior abdominal wall

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  • Above umbilicus: Axillary nodes

- Below umbilicus: Superior inguinal nodes

67
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Outline the deep lymphatic drainage of the anterior abdominal wall

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  • Parasternal nodes along internal thoracic artery
  • Lumbar nodes along the abdominal aorta
  • External iliac nodes along the external iliac artery
68
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At which vertebral levels does the oesophagus start and finish?

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  • C6 superiorly

- T11 inferiorly

69
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Outline the pathway taken by the oesophagus

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  • Descends on anterior bodies of vertebrae
  • Moves anteriorly and slightly left as it approaches the diaphragm
  • Passes through oesophageal hiatus at T10
70
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Which structure passes posterior to the oesophagus?

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  • Thoracic duct
  • Right side inferiorly
  • Crosses superiorly onto left side
71
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Which structure passes anterior to the oesophagus?

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  • Right pulmonary artery and left main bronchus at tracheal bifurcation
72
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At which locations can the trachea be narrowed by surrounding structures? What is the clinical significance of this?

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  • Junction of oesophagus with pharynx
  • Superior mediastinum where it is crossed by aortic arch
  • Posterior mediastinum where it is compressed by left main bronchus
  • Posterior mediastinum at oesophageal hiatus in the diaphragm
  • Swallowed object is most likely to lodge at a constricted area, causing more damage at this site than elsewhere along the oesophagus.
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What is the abdominal oesophagus? Where does it emerge and pass between?

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  • Short distal part of diaphragm
  • Right crus at T10
  • Passes from oesophageal hiatus to cardiac orifice
74
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Outline the arterial supply to the thoracic oesophagus

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  • Oesophageal arteries (from aorta)
  • Bronchial artereis
  • Ascending branches of left gastric artery (from celiac trunk)
75
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Outline the arterial supply to the abdominal oesophagus

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  • Oesophageal branches from left inferior phrenic artery (from aorta)
76
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Outline the venous drainage of the oesophagus

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  • Small vessels to azygos vein
  • Small vessels to hemiazygos vein
  • Oesophageal branches to left gastric vein
77
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Outline the lymphatic drainage of the oesophagus

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  • Posterior mediastinal nodes

- Left gastric nodes

78
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Identify the sensory innervation of the oesophagus

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  • Visceral afferents from vagus nerves, sympathetic trunks and splanchnic nerves
79
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What is the oesophageal plexus?

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  • Right and left vagus nerves give off branches forming oesophageal plexus
  • Just above diaphragm many fibres converge
  • To form anterior vagal trunk on anterior surface of oesophagus (mainly from left vagus nerve)
  • And posterior vagal trunk on posterior surface of oesophagus (mainly from right vagus nerve)
80
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What type of epithelia lines the lumen of the oesophagus?

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  • Stratified squamous
81
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What is contained within the underlying lamina propria of the oesophagus?

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  • Lymphoid aggregates
82
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What is contained within the submucosa of the oesophagus?

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  • Elastin fibres allowing for distension

- Seromucinous glands which aid lubrication and are most prominent in the upper and lower thirds

83
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Identify the two layers of muscle in the muscularis propria?

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  • Outer longitudinal fibres

- Inner circular fibres

84
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What is Barret’s oesophagus?

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  • Epithelium in lower oesophagus undergoes metaplasia
  • From stratified squamous epithelia to columnar-mucus secreting epithelia
  • High risk of developing dysplasia and invasive adenocarcinoma
85
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Identify the four distinct functional layers of the GI tract

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  • Mucosa: Epithelia, lamina propria, muscularis mucosa
  • Submucosa: contains blood vessels, lymphatics and nerves
  • Muscularis propria (outer longitudinal, inner circular fibres)
  • Adventitia: loose supporting tissue that conducts vessels, nerve and adipose tissue.
86
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What is the rectus sheath?

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  • Sheath that encloses the rectus abdominis and pyramidalis

- Composed of the aponeurosis of the external and internal oblique, and the transversus abdominis muscle

87
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Describe the arrangement of the rectus sheath in the upper three quarters of the rectus abdominis

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  • Anterior wall from external oblique and half of internal oblique
  • Posterior wall from half of internal oblique and the transversus abdominis
88
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Describe the arrangement of the rectus sheath in the lower quarters of the rectus abdominis

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  • Anterior wall from aponeurosis of all three muscles

- No posterior wall

89
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What is the arcuate line and what is its position?

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  • Point of transition of rectus sheath

- Halfway between umbilicus and pubic symphysis

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