Class 3 - Station 1 Flashcards
length of the oesophagus
25cm
opening of oesophagus is at what vertebral level
T10
what else passes through the oesophageal opening
left gastric artery and vein
vagus trunks
lymphatics
lymphatic drainage of abdominal oesophagus
left gastric lymph nodes (coeliac)
two surfaces of the stomach
anterior and posterior
pyloric sphincter is smooth/skeletal muscle
smooth
what layer of stomach is the pyloric sphincter formed from
circular layer of muscularis externa
ligament that runs between right and left lobe of liver
falciform ligament
what does the falciform ligament form inferiorly
round ligament
which liver lobe, right or left, is smallest
left
congenital condition of pyloric sphincter
congenital pyloric stenosis
lesser omentum’s two attachments
lesser curvature of stomach and liver
greater omentum’s two attachments
transverse colon and greater curvature of stomach
what is the transverse mesocolon
peritoneal fold behind the transverse colon attaching to posterior wall
where are rugae most apparent
pylorus and greater curvature
sphincter controlling exit of food into duodenum
pyloric sphincter
3 arteries that supply the stomach
splenic, left gastric, right gastric
aortic branch of stomach supply
coeliac trunk