Blue Boxes Exam 2 Foregut/Pancreas Flashcards
True or false: Anesthetic agents may be injected into the peritoneal cavity by intraperitoneal injection.
True
Peritoneal dialysis
Soluble substances and excess water are removed from the system by transfer across the peritoneum using a dilute sterile solution that is introduced into the peritoneal cavity on one side and then drained from the other side. Diffusible solutes and water are transferred between the blood and the peritoneal cavity as a result of concentration gradients between the two fluid compartments.
Tenporary
True or false:
The greater omentum prevents the visceral peritoneum from adhering to the parietal peritoneum.
True
Abscess
Circumscribed collection of purulent exudate or pus
Pancreatic pseudo-cyst
An inflamed or injured pancreas can also result in the passage of pancreatic fluid into the bursa, forming a pancreatic pseudo-cyst
What is the clinical significance of an intestine in the omental bursa?
It can bcome strangulated by the edges of the foramen. None of the boundaries of the foramen can be incised because each contains blood vessels, so the intestine must be decompressed using a needle so it can be returned to the greater sac of the peritoneal cavity through the omental foramen.
What is important part of a cholecystectomy?
The cystic artery must be ligated or clamped and then severed. The artery is found in the triangle of calot (triangle of calot not in book)
At least one location blood flows if the hepatic portal vein is blocked
Through esophageal tributaries which forms esophageal varices. If these burst it is difficult to control surgically.
Other names for heartburn
Pyrosis;
Gastroesophageal reflux disorder (gerd)
Where would paracentesis be performed?
Superior to the urinary bladder, in a location that avoids the inferior epigastric artery, through the anterolateral abdominal wall into the peritoneal cavity through the linea alba
What is one protective mechanism of the female reproductive tract?
A mucous plug effectively blocks the external os (opening) of the uterus to most pathogens, but not to sperms
The patency of the uterine tubes can be tested using ___.
hysterosalpingography
Hysterosalpingography
Air or radiopaque dye is injected into the uterine cavity, from which it normally flows through the uterine tubes into the peritoneal cavity
laparotomy
incisions of the peritoneum
serosa
covering of the peritoneum
infection and inflammation of the peritoneum
peritonitis
excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity
ascitic fluid (ascites is the condition of having fluid in the peritoneal cavity)
Paridoxical abdominothoracic rhythm
The abdomen is drawn in as the chest expands, a sign that either peritonitis or pneumonitis may be present
When the intestine becomes twisted around an adhesion
volvulus
adhesiotomy
The surgical separation of adhesions.
These adhesions may form if the peritoneum is damaged, because the paritoneal surfaces become inflamed and sticky with fibrin. The fibrin may be replaced by fibrous tissue.
Surgical puncture of the peritoneal cavity for the aspiration or drainage of fluid
paracentesis
paracentesis
surgical puncture of the peritoneal cavity for the aspiration or drainage of fluid
Types of hiatal hernias
Sliding hiatal hernia - common, the abdominal part of the esophagus, the cardia, and parts of the fundus of the stomach slide superiorly through the esophageal hiatus into the thorax. Some regurgitation of stomach contents into the esophagus is possible because the clamping action of the right crus of the diaphragm on the inferior end of the esophagus is weak
Para-esophageal hiatal hernia - the cardia remains in its normal position and a pouch of peritoneum containing the fundus of the stomach (often) extends through the esophageal hiatus anterior to the esophagus.
Failure of the smooth muscle fibers encircling the most distal part of the stomach to relax normally
Pylorospasm
Pylorospasm
Failure of the smooth muscle fibers encircling the pyloric canal to relax normally
Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
A marked thickening of the smooth muscle in the pylorus.
The elongated overgrown pylorus is hard and the pyloric canal narrow, resisting gastric emptying. Proximally the stomach may become secondarily dilated because of the pyloric stenosis. Genetic factors probably involved.