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Contents of the Abdomen Flashcards

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What are the 3 main components of the GIT above the diapgrahm?

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1 - oral cavity

2 - pharynx

3 - oesophagus

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What are the 3 main components of the GIT below the diapgrahm?

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1 - stomach

2 - small intestines

3 - large intestines

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What are the 4 main components of the oral cavity?

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1 - teeth (mechanical digestion)

2 - palate (blocks nasal cavity and swallowing)

3 - tongue (mixing of food and swallowing)

4 - salivary glands (secretion of saliva and digestion)

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What is the main function of the oesophagus?

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  • direct food to lower GI
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When dividing the abdomen into quarters, what anatomical land mark would you use?

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  • umbilicus (belly button)
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What lies within the upper right quadrant if we divide the abdomen into quatres from the umbilicus?

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  • right lobe of the liver
  • gall bladder
  • duodenum (first part of SI)
  • head of Pancreas
  • hepatic flexure of colon
  • small part of ascending and transverse colon
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What lies within the upper left quadrant if we divide the abdomen into quatres from the umbilicus?

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  • stomach
  • spleen
  • left lobe of liver
  • body of pancreas
  • splenic flexure of colon
  • part of transverse and descending colon
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What lies within the lower left quadrant if we divide the abdomen into quatres from the umbilicus?

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  • small intestine
  • descending colon
  • sigmoid Colon
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What lies within the lower right quadrant if we divide the abdomen into quatres from the umbilicus?

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  • cecum
  • appendix
  • ascending colon
  • small intestine
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What are the 3 cavities anteriorly?

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1 - pelvic

2 - abdomen

3 - thoracic

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What are the borders of the abdominal cavity?

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  • costal margin-superior
  • hip bones-inferior
  • lumbar vertebrae-posterior
  • abdominal muscles-anterolateral
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What are the 5 layers that make up the anterolateral wall of the abdomen?

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1 - skin

2 - superficial fascia

3 - muscles

4 - deep fascia

5 - peritoneum (parietal and visceral)

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What is aponeurosis?

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  • connective tissue
  • provides point for muscle to attach to bone or cartilage
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What are the 4 layers of the abdominal muscle wall?

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1 - external obliques

2 - internal obliques

3 - transverse abdominas

4 - rectus abdominas

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What is the function of the external oblique muscles abdominal muscle wall?

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  • work with internal obliques
  • movement of the trunk
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What direction do the external oblique muscles of the abdominal muscle wall run?

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  • run down towards front pockets]
  • like putting hands in the pockets
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If we move laterally to medial on the abdominal wall, what do the external obliques become instead of just muscle?

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  • turn into tough, leathery aponeurotic fibres
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Below the external oblqiue muscles, what is the next layer muscle we come across/

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  • internal oblqiues
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What direction do the internal oblique muscles of the abdomne run?

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  • downwards and backwads
  • appears like putting your hand in your back pockets
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What is the movement the internal obliques facilitate?

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  • flexion and rotation of the trunk
  • compresses the viscera
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What is the function of the transverse abdominas?

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  • compresses and supports viscera
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What direction do the transverse abdominas muscle run in?

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  • laterally
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What do the aponeurotic tissues of the internal obliques and transverse abdominas eventually cover?

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  • rectus abdominas
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What is the most outer layer of the abdominal muscle wall?

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  • rectus abdominas
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What action does the rectus abdominas facilitate?

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  • flexus the trunk
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26
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Why do the abdominal muscles run in different ways?

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  • help provide tough layer
  • help with movement
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What is the rectus sheath on the rectus abdominis?

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  • a aponeurotic tendon sheath
  • encloses rectus abdominis
  • it extends from abdominal muscles below rectus abdominis
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Weakness of the abdominal wall can cause a very type of pain, what pain is this?

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  • lower back pain
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What is a hernia?

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  • weakness of abdominal wall
  • internal organs can push through abdominal wall
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What is rectus diastasis?

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  • weakening of the abdominal muscles
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What is the main artery that supplies the foregut?

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  • coeliac artery
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What is the main artery that supplies the midgut?

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  • superior mesentric artery
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What is the main artery that supplies the hindgut?

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  • inferior mesenteric artery
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34
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What are the main organs contained within the foregut?

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  • liver
  • spleen
  • pancrease
  • oesophagus
  • stomach
  • duodenum of SI
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What are the main organs contained within the midgut?

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  • Duodenum of SI
  • small intestine (distal 2/3 duodenum, jejunum, ileum)
  • caecum & appendix
  • ascending colon
  • transverse colon (proximal. 2/3rd
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What are the main organs contained within the hindgut?

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  • transverse colon (Lft/distal 1/3rd)
  • descending colon
  • sigmoid colon
  • rectum
  • anal Canal
37
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What are the 3 main layers of the GIT?

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  • serous (outer layer)
  • muscular
  • mucosa
38
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What letter of the alphabet does the stomach look like, and what are the 3 main sections of the stomach?

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  • letter J

1 - fundus

2 - body

3 - pyloric

39
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What is the most dilated part of the GIT?

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  • stomach
40
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What is the name of the part of the SI where the stomach attaches/

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  • duodenum
41
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What are the 2 methods by which the stomach can faciltate digestion?

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  • mechanical contractions
  • chemical (pH and enzymes)
42
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What are the cardiac and pyloric orifice?

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  • cardiac orifice = continuous of oesophagus and stomach
  • pyloric orifice = continuous of stomach and duodenum
43
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What are the 3 regions of the SI from top to bottom?

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1 - duodenum (connects to stomach)

2 - jejunum

3 - ileum (connects to colon)

44
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What is the ileocaecal junction?

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  • where ileum and colon connect
45
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What are the 2 main functions of the SI?

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  • digestion
  • absorption
46
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What does retroperitonal mean?

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  • anatomical space behind peritoneal
47
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What are the 4 regions of the duodenum?

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1 - superior

2 - descending

3 - horizontal

4 - ascending

48
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What is important about the descending region of the duodenum?

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  • opening for pancreatic duct
  • bile duct opening
49
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What facilitates absorption in the SI?

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  • villi and microvillia
  • finger like projections to increase surface area
50
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What is the peritoneum?

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  • a serous membrane
  • lines the abdominal cavity
  • composed of a layer of mesothelium
  • mesothelium secrete serrous fluid
51
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Why does the SI not move around lots when we stand up and move around?

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  • attached to posterior peritoneum
52
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What are the regions of the large intestines from top to bottom?

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1 - cecum

2 -ascending

3 - transverse

4 - descending

5 - sigmoid and caecum

53
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What is the main functions of the large intestines?

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  • absorption of water
  • forms and expels faeces
54
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The junction where the ascending and transverse colon meet is called the hepatic flexure, why is this?

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  • anatomically relevent to the liver
55
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The junction where the transverse and descending colon meet is called the splenic flexure, why is this?

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  • highest point of the colon
56
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What stops us from passing stool uncontrollably out of our rectums?

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  • anal sphincters
57
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What are 2 of the main causes of gastric and duodenum ulcers?

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  • bacteria and drugs are the main causes
58
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What is a volvus in the SI?

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  • a blockage of the SI
  • SI twists around on itself
59
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Where can gall bladder pain be referred to?

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  • shoulder pain
  • generally on the right
60
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Where can pancreatic and appendix pain be referred to?

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  • umbilicus
61
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The abdominal aorta provides blood to the abdomen. What are the 3 main artery branches to the gut?

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1 – coeliac artery / trunk

2 – superior mesenteric artery

3 – inferior mesenteric artery

62
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Which vertebrae does the coelic artery arise from?

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  • from the aorta at T12/L1 Level
63
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What are the 3 main branches of the coelic artery?

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1 - left gastric (to stomach)

2 - splenic (to spleen)

3 - hepatic (to liver)

64
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is there a corresponding coeliac vein?

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  • no
65
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What are the 4 main branches of the superior mesenteric artery?

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1 - jejunal and ileal branches

2 - middle colic (supplies transverse colon)

3 - right colic (supplies the ascending colon)

4 - ileocaecal (ileum and caecum meet)

66
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What are the 3 main branches of the inferior mesenteric artery?

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  • left colic (supplies descending colon)
  • sigmoid
  • superior rectal
67
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What is the basic flow of the lymphatics from the peripheral to central lymphatic ducts?

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  • local lymph nodes
  • regional lymph nodes
  • central lymph nodes
  • lymphatic ducts
  • drainage into venous blood
68
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How are local lymph nodes given their names?

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  • according to the part of GIT they are found
69
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How are regional lymph nodes given their names?

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  • based on the artery that supplies them
70
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How are central lymph nodes given their names?

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  • based on parent artery
71
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What system provides nerve stimulus to the GIT

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  • autonomic system
72
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Which nerve provides parasympathic stimulation to the GIT?

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  • vagal nerve
73
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How is sympathic stimulation supplied to the GIT?

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-sympathetic chain

74
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Which vertebrae in the thoracic sympathetic trunk supply the foregut, midgut and lower gut?

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  • foregut = greater splanchinic (T5-9)
  • midgut = lesser splanchinic (T9-10/11)
  • hindgut = least/lowest (T11-12/L1)
75
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Which veins and arteries supply the hindgut?

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  • inferior mesenteric artery
  • inferior mesenteric vein
76
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Which veins and arteries supply the midgut?

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  • superior mesenteric artery
  • superior mesenteric vein
77
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Which veins and arteries supply the foregut?

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  • celiac trunk artery
  • portal vein
78
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What are the lymphatics that supply the foregut?

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  • celiac nodes
79
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What are the lymphatics that supply the midgut?

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  • mesenteric lymph nodes
80
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What are the lymphatics that supply the hindgut ?

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  • mesenteric lymph nodes
81
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What is the sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation for the foregut come up?

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  • sympathetic - celiac ganglia
  • parasympathetic - vaguse nerve
82
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What is the sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation for the midgut come up?

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  • sympathetic - mesenteric ganglia
  • parasympathetic - vaguse nerve
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What is the sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation for the hindgut come up?

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  • sympathetic - mesenteric ganglia
  • parasympathetic - pelvic splanchnic

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