General Arrangement of the Abdominal Viscera Flashcards

1
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Is a large organ that occupies the upper part of the abdominal cavity it lies almost entirely under the cover of the ribs and causal cartilages and extends across the epigastric region.

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Liver

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Is a pear shaped sac that is adherent to the under surface of the right lobe of the liver it’s blind and or fundus projects below the inferior border of the liver.

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Gallbladder

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Is a tubular structure that joins the pharynx to the stomach. It pierces the diaphragm slightly to the left of the midline and after a short course of about 0.5 in (1.25 cm) enter systemic on its right side. It is deeply placed lying behind the left lobe of the liver.

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Esophagus

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Is a dilated part of the alimentary canal between the esophagus and the small intestine it occupies left upper quadrant, epigastric, and umbilical regions, and much of it lies undercover of the ribs it’s long axis passes downward and forward to the right and then backward and slightly upward.

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Stomach

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5
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Is divided into three regions do duodenum, jejunum, and ilium

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Small intestine

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Is the first part of the small intestine and most of it is deeply placed on the posterior abdominal wall it is situated in the epigastric and umbilical regions it is a C-shaped tube that extends from the stomach around the head of the pancreas to join the jejunum.

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Duodenum

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7
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Together measures about 20 ft 6 m long.

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Jejunum and ileum

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8
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True or false.

The judgment begins at the duodenogenal function and the ilium ends at the iliosical junction.

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True

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9
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Occupy the upper left part of the abdominal cavity whereas the ilium tends to occupy the lower right of the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity.

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The coils of jejunum

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10
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Is divided into the cecum, appendix, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon sigmoid colon, rectum, and anal canal.

It arches around and encloses the coils of the small intestine and tends to be more fixed than the small intestine.

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Large intestine

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11
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Is a blind ended sac that projects downward and the right iliac region below the iliocecal junction.

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Cecum

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12
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Is a worm shaped tube that arises from its medial side.

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Appendix

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13
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Extents upward from the cecum to the interior surface of the right lobe of the liver occupying the right lower and upper quadrants.

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Ascending colon

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14
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From the ascending colon, on reaching the liver, it bends to the left forming the?

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Right colic flexure

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15
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Crosses the abdomen and the umbilical region from the right colic fletcher to the left colic flexure.

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Transverse colon

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16
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It forms a white u shaped curve. In erect position, the lower part of the ume extend down in the pelvis.

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Transverse colon

17
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The transverse colon, on reaching the region of the spleen bends downward forming the?

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Left colic flexure

18
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Extends from the left colic fletcher to the pelvis below. It occupies the left upper and lower quadrants.

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Descending colon

19
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Begins at the pelvic implant where it is a continuation of the descending colon. It hangs down into the pelvic cavity in the form of a loop. It joins the rectum in front of the sacrum.

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Sigmoid colon

20
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  • Occupies the posterior part of the pelvic cavity.
  • It is continuous above with the sigmoid colon and the descends in front of the sacrum to leave the pelvis by piercing the pelvic floor.
  • Here, it becomes continuous with the anal canal in the perineum.
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Rectum

21
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  • Occupies the posterior part of the pelvic cavity.
  • It is continuous above with the sigmoid colon and the descends in front of the sacrum to leave the pelvis by piercing the pelvic floor.
  • Here, it becomes continuous with the anal canal in the perineum.
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Rectum

22
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  • Is a soft lamulated organ that stretches obliquely across the posterior abdominal wall and the epigastric region.
  • It is situated behind the stomach and extends from the duodenum to the spleen
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Pancreas

23
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  • Is a soft mass of lymphatic tissue that occupies the left upper part of the abdomen between the stomach and the diaphragm.
  • it lies along the long axis of the 10th left rib.
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Spleen

24
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Are two reddish brown organs situated high up on the posterior abdominal wall, on one each side of the vertebral column.

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Kidneys

25
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What is the difference between the left and the right kidney?

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The left kidney lies slightly higher than the right because the left lobe of the liver is smaller than the right

26
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Each kidney gives rise to a ________that runs vertically downward on the psoas muscle.

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Ureter

27
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Are two yellowish organs that lie on the upper poles of the kidneys on the posterior abdominal wall.

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Suprarenal glands