GA Peritoneal Cavity & Mesenteries Flashcards
What are the two layers of peritoneum?
Perietal, visceral
What is the parietal peritoneum sensitive to?
Pain, temperature, and pressure; localized sensation (can pinpoint exact location of sensation)
What is the visceral peritoneum sensitive to?
stretch and chemical irritation; poorly localized
How do you know which nerves and vessels supply the layers of the peritoneum?
Parietal peritoneum - vessels and nerves are the same as those supplying blood and innervation at the region it is present
Visceral peritoneum - vessels and nerves are the same as those supplying the organs the visceral peritoneum is surrounding.
Difference between the Parietal and Visceral Peritoneum?
Parietal peritoneum lines the body wall
Visceral Peritoneum covers the organs
What makes an organ Intraperitoneal vs Retroperitoneal?
Intraperitoneal: organ is most completely covered with visceral peritoneum
Retroperitoneal: Organ developed outside peritoneal cavity and is only PARTIALLY covered with peritoneum
Which organs are Retroperitoneal?
SAD PUCKER Suprarenal Glands (adrenal) Aorta/Inf. Vena Cava Duodenum (Parts 2,3,4; part 1 is intraperitoneal) Pancreas (except tail is intraperitoneal) Ureters Colon (ascending & descending only) Kidneys Esophagus Rectum
What is Primary Retroperitoneal, and which organs does it describe?
Organs developed on the posterior body wall, they were never suspended in dorsal mesentery.
Kidneys, Ureters, Aorta, Inf. Vena Cava
What is Secondary Retroperitoneal, and which organs does it describe?
GI organs that used to be in the mesentery, and then fused to the posterior body wall.
Ascending/Descending Colon, Duodenum (parts 2,3,4), Pancreas
What is the ligament that connects spleen to posterior body wall and what is it formed from?
Splenorenal Ligament, formed from the dorsal mesentery
What is the ligament connecting the spleen to the stomach and what is it formed from?
Gastrosplenic ligament; dorsal mesentery
What two ligaments together form the Lesser Omentum, and what are they formed from?
Hepatoduodenal Ligament
Gastrohepatic ligament
Both are formed from the ventral mesentery
When you hear Lesser Omentum, think LIVER
What Ligament connects the liver to the anterior abdominal wall, and what is it formed from?
Falciform Ligament; ventral mesentery
What ligaments together make the Greater Omentum?
Gastrophrenic Ligament
Gastrosplenic Ligament
Gastrocolic Ligament
What ligament connects the diaphragm and the transverse colon, and what does it do?
Phrenicocolic Ligament, supports the Splenic Flexure
What artery runs through the Hepatoduodenal Ligament and what two arteries branch off of it?
Proper Hepatic A.
- Cystic A. (follows cystic duct to gallbladder)
- Right Gastric A. (goes to stomach)
What arteries run through the Gastrohepatic Ligament
Right Gastric A. (which branches off the Proper hepatic A.)
Left Gastric A.
These two arteries form an anastemosis
What mesentery is the Lesser omentum developed from?
The Ventral Mesentery
What mesentery is the Greater Omentum developed from?
The Dorsal Mesentery
What artery runs through the Gastrophrenic Ligament?
Posterior Gastric A.
What arteries run through the Gastrosplenic Ligament?
Short Gastric Arteries
Left Gastroomental A.
What arteries run through the Gastrocolic Ligament?
Left Gastrooemntal A.
Right Gastroomental A.
These two arteries form an anastemosis