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Gastrointestinal Anatomy Flashcards

1
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Where is the GI derived from?

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Endoderm

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What gives rise to the esophagus, stomach, proximal half of the duodenum, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas?

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The foregut

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What gives rise to the distal third of the transverse colon to the proximal half of the anal canal?

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The hindgut

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What gives rise to the distal half of the duodenum, small intestine, proximal half of large intestine up to the proximal 2/3 of transverse colon?

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The midgut

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How often does Meckel’s diverticulum occur? Where does it occur?

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2%; 2 feet proximal to the ileocecal junction

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What region of the abdomen contains the stomach, duodenum, and pancreas?

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Epigastric

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What region of the abdomen contains the kidneys?

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Right and left flank

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What region contains of the abdomen liver and gallbladder?

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Right hypochondrium

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What region of the abdomen contains the bladder and uterus?

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Hypogastric

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What region of the abdomen contains only the small intestine?

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Umbilical

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What region of the abdomen contains the left ovary, left uterine tube, and sigmoid colon?

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Left iliac fossa

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12
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What region of the abdomen contains the spleen?

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Left hypochondrium

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What region of the abdomen contains the appendix, right ovary and right uterine tube, and cecum?

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Right iliac fossa

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What dermatome innervates the level of the xiphoid process?

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T7

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15
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What dermatome innervates the level of the umbilical region?

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T10

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What dermatome innervates the level of the inguinal region?

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L1

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17
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What is immediately below skin in the anterior abdominal wall?

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Subcutaneous tissue

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18
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What is the outer layer of the subcutaneous abdominal tissue is continuous with the fatty subcutaneous layer of the rest of the body?

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Camper’s fascia

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What layer of subcutaneous fascia is present only in the lower abdomen?

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Membranous or Scarpa’s fascia

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20
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What does scarpa’s fascia continue as?

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Colles fascia in the scrotum and Buck’s fascia in the penis

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21
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What is the lateral edge of the rectus sheath?

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Linea semilunaris

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22
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What three structures are medial to the linea semilunaris?

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Anterior layer of the rectus sheath
Rectus abdominis muscle
Posterior layer of the rectus sheath

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Other than skin, subcutaneous fascia, and muscle, what are the remaining 3 layers?

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Transversalis fascia, extraperitoneal fat, and parietal peritoneum

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24
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What levels of innervation supply the abdominal wall?

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T7-11, subcostal T12, and Iliohypogastric/ilioinguinal L1

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25
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What forms the anterior layer of the rectus sheath above the arcuate line?

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External oblique aponeurosis

Anterior layer of the internal oblique aponeurosis

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What forms the posterior layer of the rectus sheath above the arcuate line?

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Posterior layer of the internal oblique aponeurosis

Aponeurosis of transversus abdominus

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27
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What forms the anterior layer of the rectus sheath below the arcuate line?

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The aponeurosis of the internal and external oblique and the aponeurosis of the transversus abdominus

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28
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What forms the posterior layer of the rectus sheath below the arcuate line?

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Only the the transversalis fascia

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29
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Where is the arcuate line located?

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Posterior to the rectus muscle midway between the umbilicus and the symphysis

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30
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What is the peritoneum?

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Inner lining of the abdominal cavity

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31
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What are the layers of the peritoneum?

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Parietal and visceral

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32
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What layer of the peritoneum is sensitive to distension?

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Visceral

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33
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What layer of the peritoneum is sensitive to pain?

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Parietal

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34
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What compartment of the abdominal cavity lies behind the stomach?

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Lesser sac

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35
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What separates the greater and lesser sac of the abdominal cavity?

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The epiploeic foramen of Winslow

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36
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What structures are retroperitoneal?

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Ascending colon, descending colon, pancreas, adrenals, rectum (lower 2/3s), kidney, aorta, IVC, duodenum (2nd to 4th parts)

37
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What type of epithelial cell lines the stomach?

A

Columnar epithelial

38
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From outside to inside, what are the layers of smooth muscle arrangement around the stomach?

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Longitudinal
Circular
Oblique

39
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What two folds of peritoneum attach two the stomach?

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Greater and lesser omenta

40
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What type of stomach cell secretes pepsinogen?

A

Chief cells

41
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What do parietal cells, of the stomach, secrete?

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HCl, Intrinsic factor

42
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What are the vessels that supply the stomach?

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Left gastric (from celiac trunk)
Right gastric (from common hepatic)
Left gastro-epiploic and short gastric (from splenic) 
Right gastro-epiploic (from gastro-duodenal of common hepatic)
43
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What is the c-shaped portion of the small intestine that wraps around the head of the pancreas?

44
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How many parts does the duodenum contain? What are they?

A

4, superior, descending, horizontal, ascending

45
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The upper half of the duodenum is supplied by what artery?

A

Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery

46
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The lower half of the duodenum is supplied by what artery?

A

Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

47
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The common bile duct opens into which portion of the duodenum?

48
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What passes over the third part of the duodenum?

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Superior mesenteric vein and artery

49
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What ligament holds the duodeno-jejunal junction in place?

A

The suspensory ligament (of Treitz)

50
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What portion of the duodenum is intraperitoneal?

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The first inch

51
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What forms the common hepatic duct?

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Right and left hepatic ducts

52
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What forms the common bile duct?

A

Common hepatic and cystic duct

53
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What is the triangle between the cystic duct, common hepatic duct, and liver?

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Callot’s triangle

54
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What passes through Callot’s triangle?

A

Cystic artery

55
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What does the common bile duct travel with?

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The proper hepatic artery and portal vein along the free edge of the lesser omentum

56
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What does the gallbladder store?

A

Bile (50cc)

57
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What is the structure of the gallbladder?

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Fundus, body, neck, and cystic duct (of Heister)

58
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What is more vascular portion of the small intestine?

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Proximal (jejunum)

59
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What is the thinner, narrower portion of the small intestine?

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Distal (ileum)

60
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Which portion of the small intestine contains more fat and more vasa recta and arcades?

61
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What are peyer’s patches?

A

GALT in the ileum

62
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What supplies the small intesting, and large intestine up to the proximal 2/3s of the small intestine?

A

Superior mesenteric artery

63
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What features separate the large intestine from the small intestine?

A

Haustra, teniae coli, appendices epiploica, and larger diameter

64
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What are sections of the large intestine?

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Cecum, ascending, descending, and sigmoid

65
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What is the most common location of the appendix?

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Behind the cecum/retrocecal

66
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What other locations may the appendix be in?

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In the pelvis, retro-ileal or pre-ileal

67
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What supplies the appendix?

A

The appendicular artery

68
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What is the point at which the base of the appendix is located?

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McBurney’s point 2/3 along a line from the ASIS to the umbilicus

69
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What is the watershed area of the large intestine?

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The point at where the large intestine switches from midgut to hindgut origins

70
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What is the importance of the watershed area?

A

Blood supply can be compromised during hypovolemic shock

71
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What is the path of lymph nodes that drain the colon?

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Pericolic to paracolic to mesenteric to para-aortic

72
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The rectum has how many curves?

A

3, two left, one right

73
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What is the lower dilated portion of the rectum?

74
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What is the pattern of peritoneal covering of the rectum?

A

The upper third is covered on the anterior and lateral sides
The middle third is covered by peritoneum on the anterior aspect
The last third is entirely retroperitoneal

75
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What supplies blood to the rectum?

A

The superior rectal branch of the inferior mesenteric artery

76
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What drains the lymphatics of the rectum?

A

Inferior mesenteric nodes

77
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What demarcates the rectum and anal canal?

A

The pelvic diaphragm

78
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What is the embryological derivative of the anal canal?

A

Endoderm and ectoderm

79
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What is the junction between the two embryologic origins of the rectum?

A

The pectineal line

80
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What are the longitudinal folds in the anal mucosa above the pectineal line?

A

Columns of Morgagni

81
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What are the anal columns connected by inferiorly?

A

Mucosal folds called the valves of Ball

82
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Where do the anal glands open?

A

Directly behind the valves

83
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What muscles pull the anal rectal junction anteriorly?

A

Puborectalis and levator ani

84
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Which anal sphincter is made of smooth muscle?

A

Internal circular sphincter

85
Q

The external anal sphincter has how many parts?

A

3, Deep, superficial, and submucosal

86
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What supplies innervation to the external anal sphincter?

A

Inferior rectal branch of the pudendal nerve

87
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Which portion of the anal canal is insensitive to pain?

A

The portion above the pectinel line

88
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What supplies blood to the lower half of the anal canal?

A

The inferior rectal branch of the internal pudendal artery

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