Equine & Ruminant abdomens Flashcards

1
Q

Blood supply to the rumen?

A

supplied by coeliac artery

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2
Q

Blood supply to the omasum and abomasum?

A

gastric and gastroepiploic artery

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3
Q

where does the gastroepiploic artery come from?

A

Hepatic artery

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4
Q

Innervation of the stomach

A

parasympathetic fibers arise from R & L vagus nerves

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5
Q

whats is the artery of the foregut in horses?

A

coeliac artery

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6
Q

How is the spleen attached to the stomach in horses?

A

gastrosplenic ligament

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7
Q

How is the spleen attached to the L kidney in horses?

A

renosplenic ligament

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8
Q

TRUE OR FALSE: Horses don’t have a gallbladder

A

TRUE

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9
Q

Whats the equine foregut composed of?

A

spleen, stomach, pancreas, liver, descending duodenum

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10
Q

most of the small intestine in horses is comprised of?

A

jejunum

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11
Q

What’s referred to as the pointy apex of the equine gut

A

cecum

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12
Q

What artery supplies the mesentary of the small intestine in equines?

A

branches of cranial mesentertic artery

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13
Q

Where does the small intestine usually sit?

A

on top of the ascending colon and left of the cecum

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14
Q

How many taeniae coli in the cecum?

A

4

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15
Q

How many taeniae coli in the transverse colon?

A

2

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16
Q

How many taeniae coli in the descending colon

A

2

17
Q

How many taeniae coli in the right ventral colon?

A

4

18
Q

How many taeniae coli in the left dorsal colon?

A

1

19
Q

How many taeniae coli in the right dorsal colon?

A

3

20
Q

How many taeniae coli in the left ventral colon?

A

4

21
Q

How is the right ventral colon attached to the cecum?

A

ceco-colic ligament

22
Q

The left dorsal colon is attached to the left ventral colon by the?

A

colic ligament

23
Q

the right dorsal colon is attached to the right ventral colon by the?

A

colic ligament

24
Q

in pigs, the cecum is related to the _____ flank

A

LEFT

25
Q

the rumen lies on the _____ side of cows?

A

Left

26
Q

which part of the ruminant stomach is larger in calves?

A

abomasum

27
Q

the rumen pushes the liver and pancreas to the ____?

A

right

28
Q

Spleen is located on the ____ side of cows?

A

Left

29
Q

Which side of the cow is the L kidney located on?

A

Right because the rumen takes up so much space on the left

30
Q

what are the 3 forestomachs in ruminants?

A

rumen, reticulum, omasum

31
Q

What is the true stomach in ruminants that forms and functions like a monogastric stomach?

A

abomasum

32
Q

Explain the route of the passage of food in ruminants?

A

Esophagus –> rumen –> reticulum –> omasum –> abomasum

33
Q

Explain the route of the passage of food in calves?

A

esophagus –> reticular groove –> omasum –> abomasum