Canine Abdominal Organs Flashcards
What are the six lobes of the liver?
- right medial
- right lateral
- quadrate
- left medial
- left lateral
- caudate
The caudate lobe of the liver is made up of what two portions?
- caudate process
- papillary process
The gall bladder is located between what two lobes of the liver?
Between right medial and quadrate lobes
The falciform ligament is located between what two lobes of the liver?
Between left medial and quadrate lobes
The porta hepatis (hilum of the liver) is located on what surface of the liver?
Visceral surface
The biliary system is composed of what?
- gall bladder
- cystic duct
- hepatic ducts
- bile duct
- major duodenal papilla
What holds the liver in position?
Ligaments
What ligament of the liver courses from the right crus of the diaphragm to the right lateral lobe of the liver?
Right triangular ligament
What ligament of the liver courses from the left crus of the diaphragm to the left lateral lobe of the liver?
Left triangular ligament
What ligament of the liver courses between the diaphragm and liver around the caudal vena cava and hepatic veins?
Coronary ligament
What ligament of the liver arises from the ventral mesentery?
falciform ligament
The pancreas in dogs and cats is shaped like what?
A boomerang
The body of the pancreas is near what?
The pylorus
The right lobe of the pancreas is within what?
the mesoduodenum
The left lobe of the pancreas is within what?
the deep leaf of greater omentum
The pancreatic duct empties at what?
the major duodenal papilla
The accessory pancreatic duct empties at what?
the minor duodenal papilla
Which pancreatic duct is always present in cats?
the pancreatic duct
Which pancreatic duct is smaller in the dog and sometimes absent in the dog?
the pancreatic duct
Which pancreatic duct is larger in the dog and only present in 20% of cats?
the accessory pancreatic duct
Where is the spleen located?
Within the superficial leaf of the greater omentum
Which ligament is associated with the spleen?
gastrosplenic ligament
The root of the mesentery sits where?
In the middle of the caudal flexure of the duodenum and transverse colon
Explain the relationship of the spleen and the stomach and how that can affect the position of the spleen.
If the stomach is full, it will push the spleen more into the wall of the abdomen instead of the spleen sitting over top of the stomach
What are the three peritoneal pouches of the pelvic cavity?
- pubovesical pouch
- vesicogential pouch
- rectogenital pouch
What is the shallow peritoneal sac between the pubic bone and the neck of the bladder or prostate?
pubovesical pouch
What is the sac formed in females by the reflection of the peritoneum between the bladder and the ventro-cranial surface of the vagina?
In males, this pouch is formed between the prostate ventrally and the genital fold and deferent ducts dorsally?
Vesicogenital pouch
What is the reflection of the peritoneum between the genital organs and the rectum in both females and males. In males, this pouch extends far caudally than females.
Rectogenital pouch
