deck_1441108 Flashcards
What are the five main parts of the stomach?
• Cardia• Fundus • Body• Antrum • Pylorus
What are the two main borders of the stomach?
• The lesser curvature• The greater curvature
Where does the oesophagogastric junction lie?
• To the left of T11 on the horizontal plane that passes through th xiphoid process
What is the line at which osophageal mucosa changes to gastric?
The Z line
What acts as a physiological sphincter?
• The diaphragmatic musculature forming the oesophageal hiatus functions as a physiological spgnicter that contracts and relaxes
What two structures prevent refllux into the oesophagus?
• Cardiac notch• Diaphragmatic musculature
What is the pyloric sphincter?
• Thick, circular muscle coat acts as sphincter, control discharge of the stomach contents through the pyloric orifice into the duodenum
What is the folded shape of the gastric mucosa known as?
• Rugae
What are the three histologically distinct zones of the gastric mucosa?
• Cardia• Fundus and bodyPyloric
What is a gastric canal?
• Channel generated by folds in the gastric mucosa through which saliva and other fluids can reach the pyloric sphincter
What cells are present in the cardia?
• Neck cells - Mucus
What cells are present in the fundus and body?
• Neck cells - Mucus• Parietal - acid• Chief - Pepsinogen
What cells are present in the pyloris?
• Neck cells - Mucus• G-cells - Gastrin
Where are peptic ulcers common?
• In the antrum ad along the lesser curvature of the stomach
What is the greater omentum?
• A prominent, four layered peritoneal fold that hangs down like an apron from the greater curve of the stomach• After descending it folds back and attachs to the anterior surface of the transverse colon and its mesentery