GI Flashcards
What is the order of external muscle layers of the abdomen from the outside inwards
- External oblique
- Internal Oblique
- Transverse abdominus
Draw and label the 9 quadrants of the abdomen
What are the openings of the diaphragm (vertebral level and what goes though)
T8 - Inferior Vena Cava
T10 - Oesophagus
T12 - Aorta
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What are the boarders of the foregut midgut and hindgut
Foregut - Pharynx to Duodenum
Midgut - Duodenum - Transverse colon
Hindgut - Transverse colon to Anal canal
What blood vessels supple the foregut midgut and hindgut
Foregut - coeliac trunk (T12)
Midgut - SMA (L1)
Hindgut - IMA (L3)
What are the three branches of the coeliac trunk
Left gastric
Hepatic
Splenic
Draw a diagram of the venous drainage of the abdomen
The superior mesenteric vein drains straight into the the hepatic portal vein and the inferior mesenteric vein drains into the splenic vein which then drains into the hepatic portal vein.
what who major veins in the abdomen merge to form the hepatic vein
Superior mesenteric and splenic
What is the foramen called that separates the lesser and greater omentum
Epiploic foramen
what organs are retroperitoneal
- Suprarenal gland
- Aorts / IVC
- Duodenum
- Pancreas
- Ureter
- Colon (ascending and rescendin)
- Kidney
- Oesophagus
- Rectum
what organs are intraperitoneal
stomach Spleen liver Jejunum and ilium Transverse colon Sigmoid colon
what are the attachments of the greater omentum
greater curvature of stomach to anterior side of intestine
what are the attachments of the lesser omentum
underside of liver to lesser curvature of stomach
How long is the oesophagus
25 cm
What are the three constrictions of the oesophagus
- Upper oesophageal sphincter (cervical)
- Lower oesophageal sphincter ( Thoracic) (T11)
- Diaphragmatic (T10)
What is the vertebral level of the oesophagus
C6 - T11
What is the blood supply to the oesophagus
Left gastric in abdomen
Inferior thyroid in abdomen
what is the venous drainage of the oesophagus
Azygous vein
What kind of epithelium is the oesophagus
Nonkeritanizing stratified squamous epithelium
what is this
It is the oesophagus -
What is this
It is the oesophagastric junction - stratified squamous moist (esophagus) to simple columnar (cardiac stomach),
Draw and label the parts of the stomach
Where is the pyloric sphincter and what is its importance and function
It lies between the pylorus and the first part of the duodenum and it controls he exit of chyme form the stomach.