Gastrointestinal Prosection Flashcards

1
Q

What physiological function is prevented by the well developed cardiac sphincter in the horse?

A

Vomiting

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2
Q

How do you differentiate between the 3 different parts of the small intestine in the horse?

A

Blood supply route

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3
Q

Name the margin of the horses stomach that separates the fundus and corpus

A

Margo plicatus

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4
Q

What exits into the horses duodenum?

A

Stomach
Pancreas
Liver

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5
Q

Which GI organ does a horse not have?

A

Gall bladder

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6
Q

What attached the jejunum to the body wall?

A

Mesojejunum

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7
Q

What is the ileo-caecal fold?

A

A tissue sheath attaching the ileum to caecum

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8
Q

Name the point where the ileum becomes the caecum?

A

Ileocecal junction

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9
Q

The caecum runs into which organ?

A

Ascending colon

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10
Q

Which part of the ascending colon runs in a cranial direction?

A

Right ventral colon

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11
Q

What separates the left and right ventral colons?

A

Sternal flexure

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12
Q

The pelvic flexure separates which two structures?

A

The left ventral and left dorsal colon

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13
Q

Attachment of the colon is by the…?

A

Mesocolon

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14
Q

How do the taenial bands differ between the left ventral colon and the left dorsal colon?

A

LVC had 4 taenial bands, 3 disappear and the LDC has one

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15
Q

What separates the left and right dorsal colon?

A

Diaphragmatic flexure

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16
Q

What follows on from the proximal colon?

A

Transverse colon

17
Q

What occurs in the descending (small) colon?

A

Faecal pellets are formed before reaching the rectum

18
Q

How will the jejunum feel during a rectal examination?

A

Smooth and empty

19
Q

How can the reticulum be identified?

A

Honeycomb ridges

20
Q

Where do heavy items e.g. stones fall into?

A

Reticulum

21
Q

Through which orifice does the oesophageal groove bypass the rumnio-reticulum?

A

Reticulo-omasal orifice

22
Q

What is the main source of protein entering the omasum?

A

Microbes from the rumen

23
Q

Which scas make up the rumen?

A

Dorsal and ventral sacs

24
Q

What does the omentum provide a surface for?

A

WBCs to get across the abdomen

25
Q

What does the rumen displace in the ruminant?

A

The liver to the RHS of the body

26
Q

What is the function of the gastric diverticulum?

A

Extension of the fundus allowing it to deal with digestion of hydrolysable carbohydrates

27
Q

Between which liver lobes if the gall bladder found?

A

Quadrate and right lobe