Colic pre-lab review (Crash course abdominal sx) - Bauck

Question 1

The bands phone number

Answer 1

Orad -> Aborad

444-1322

Question 2

Four on the floor (four bands)

Answer 2

1. Cecum
2. Right ventral colon -> sternal flexure
3. Left ventral colon -> pelvic flexure

Question 3

Bands in left dorsal colon

Answer 3

ONE - This is why enterotomies at pelvic flexure, no antimesenteric band

Question 4

Bands in right dorsal colon

Answer 4

THREE - it’s weird

Question 5

Bands in transverse colon

Answer 5

TWO

Question 6

Bands in small colon

Answer 6

TWO

Question 7

CECUM Dorsal band

Answer 7

1. No vasculature

2. Continuous with ileocecal fold -> helps find ileum

Question 8

CECUM Ventral band

Answer 8

no vasculature

Question 9

CECUM Medial band

Answer 9

Major vasculature

Question 10

CECUM Lateral band

Answer 10

1. Some vasculature
2. Continuous with lateral band of cecocolic fold (attaches to lateral band of RVC)
3. Use this to palpate colon in situe from right -> cranial -> left -> pelvic flexure

Question 11

Duodenal colic fold

Answer 11

Attaches duodenum to proximal small colon

Question 12

Boundaries of epiploic foramen

Answer 12

Caudate lobe of liver
Portal vein
Gastropancreatic fold

Question 13

Large Colon Volvulus (LCV)

Answer 13

1. Most will be 360 degrees clockwise when viewed from rear
2. RVC rotates dorsomedially
   - commonly at cecocolic fold

Question 14

Epiploic Foramen Entrapment (EFE)

Answer 14

If you are on horse’s left side, bowel will need to come to you