Class 3 - Station 2: Peritoneal Folds and Disposition of Viscera Flashcards
What periotneal fold are the hepatogastric and hepatoduodenal ligaments a part of?
Lesser omentum
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What is the falciform ligament?
Ligament that attaches the liver to the body wall
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What forms the free border of the falciform ligament?
Ligamentum teres
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What is the free border (ligamentum teres) an embryonic remnant of?
Left umbilical vein
How many layers of peritoneum are present in the greater omentum?
4
Why is the greater omentum known as the abdominal policeman?
- When inflammation of the intestines occurs…
- Inflammatory exudates attract the greater omentum to the area of inflammation and it wraps itself around it
- This is a protective mechanism to stop generalised peritonitis from occuring
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What are the paracolic gutters? And why are they significant?
Areas next to the colon. Can collect fluid and aid in the movement of infected fluid during peritonitis.
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List three abdominal viscera that are connected by a mesentery
- Jejunum (sup. mesentery)
- Ileum (sup. mesentery)
- Colon (mesocolon)
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