Equine GI Tract Review Flashcards
how to trace your way from cecum to ileum in exploratory (4)
- cecum
- dorsal band of cecum
- ileocecal fold
- antimesenteric band of ileum
how many bands does the cecum have?
2 at apex; 4 at base
which artery supplies the cecum?
lateral cecal AND medial cecal
medial cecal supplies apex!!
how many bands does the ventral colon have?
4; and haustra are more prominent
how many bands does the dorsal colon have?
3 bands
duodenocolic fold connects…
ascending duodenum to descending colon
which artery supplies apex of cecum?
medial cecal
the middle colic artery supplies…
transverse colon
what’s palpable on rectal palplation?
middle:
- aorta
- inguinal rings
- small colon
- bladder
right:
- cecum
- colon
- r. ovary
left:
- L. kidney
- spleen
- L. ovary
how many bands does the transverse and descending/small colon have?
2 bands
order of GI tract
- duodenum
- jejunum
- ileum
- Cecum
- right ventral colon
- sternal flexure/diaphragmatic flexure
- Left ventral colon
- Pelvic flexure
- Left dorsal colon
- diaphragmatic flexure
- right dorsal colon
- transverse colon
- descending colon
the left colic artery supplies….
descending/small colon
which artery supplies the descending/small colon?
left colic
how to trace your way from cecum to right ventral colon (4)
- cecum
- lateral band of cecum
- cecocolic fold
- right ventral colon
the lateral cecal artery supplies…
cecum
