GI High Yield Flashcards
What organs are derived from the foregut?
Esophagus –> duodenum
artery of the foregut?
celiac
PNS innervation of midgut and foregut?
Vagus
PNS innervation of hindgut?
Pelvic splanchnic nerves
What organs are derived from the midgut?
Duodenum–> transverse colon
What organs are derived from the hindgut?
Transverse colon–> anal canal
Artery of the midgut?
SMA
Artery of the hindgut?
IMA
Opmaphalocele and gastrochisis result from a failure of what type of closure?
Lateral fold
Bladder exstrophy results from a failure of what type of closure?
caudal fold closure
“extrusion of abd contents through abdominal folds not covered by peritoneum”
gastroschisis
“persistance of herniation of abd contents into umbilical cord, sealed by peritoneum”
omaphalocele
What chromosomal abnormality is associated with duodenal atresia?
Trisomy 21
What causes atresia of jejunum, ileum and colon?
vascular accident
What presents with drooling, choking and vomiting with first feeding?
Tracheoesophageal anomalies
What is a clinical test for tracheoseophageal fistulas?
passing nasogastric tube into the stomach
“palpable ‘olive’ mass in epigastric region and nonbilous projectile vomiting at 2-6 weeks”
congeital pyloric stenosis
What causes congeital pyloric stenosis?
hypertrophy!
The liver is derived from what embryonic layer?
endoderm (of the foregut)
What is the pancreas derived from?
foregut (endoderm)
Which pancreatic duct contributes to teh pancreatic duct?
ventral bud
BOTH pancreatic buds contribute to the ________ of the pancreas
Head of the pancreas
Which pancreatic bud encircles the 2nd part of the duodenum?
ventral bud
“ventral and dorsal parts of the pancreas fail to fuse at 8 weeks”
pancreas divism
What does the spleen arise from?
mesentery of the stomach (mesoderm)
Which organs are retroperitoneal?
DAD PUCKER
Suprarenal glands
Aorta and IVC
Duodenum
Pancreas Ureter Colon (ascending and descending) Kidneys Esophagus Rectum
What ligament encloses the portal triad?
Hepatoduodenal ligament
Which ligament encloses the gastric arteries?
Gastrohepatic
Which ligament encloses the gastroepiploic arteries?
gastrocolic
Which nerve plexus (Meissner or auerbach) aids in secretion of fluid?
Meissner (submucosal)
Frequency of the basal electic rhythm of:
1- stomach
2- duodenum
3- ileum
1- stomach: 3/ min
2- duodenum: 12/ min
3- ileum: 8-9/min
Where are brunner glands found? What is their function?
Duodenum
Secretes HCO3-
Where are peyers patches found?
Ileum
Where are crypts of Lieberkuhn found?
duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon
What section of the small intestine has the largets amount of goblet cells?
Ileum
What causes SMA syndrome?
Transferse portion (3rd portion) of te duodenum is entrapped between SMA and Aorta–> intestinal obstruction
Where is the “watershed” area between the SMA and IMA?
Splenic Flexure of colon
Which arteries lie on the lesser curvature of the stomach?
Left and right gastric
Which arteries lie on the greater curvature of the stomach?
Left and right gastroepiploic
What artery do the short gastric arteries come off of?
splenic
Which branch of the celiac tree can supply the seophagus?
Left gastric
Which 2 vessels compose esophageal varices?
Left gastric (portal) and esophageal (systemic)
Which 2 vessels compose umbilical varices?
Paraumbilical (portal) and small epigastric veins of the anterior sbd wall (systemic)
Which 2 vessels compose rectal varices?
Superior rectal (portal) and middle and inferior rectal (systemic)
What defines the pectate line?
formed where the endoderm (hindgut) meets to ectoderm
Internal hemorrhoids are caused by which artery?
Superior rectal artery (branch of the IMA)
External hemorrhoids are caused by which artery?
inferior rectal artery (branch of internal pudendal artery)
Do external or internal hemorrhoids normally drain into the portal system?
Internal
Which hemorrhoids are painful… internal or external?
External (somatic innervation)
“painless jaundice”
tumors at the head of the panceras that cause
“GE junction is displaced upward through the diaphragm”
Hourglass stomach
Sliding hiatal hernia
“GE junction is normal but the fundus of the stoach protrudes into the thorax”
diaphragmatic hernia
Which inguinal ring are indirect inguinal hernia associated with?
deep inguinal ring–> follows the path of the descent of the testes
Hernia common in older men?
direct inguinal hernia
Which hernia is common infemales?
femoral hernia
Cell source of gastrin?
G cells
Cell source of smatostatin?
D cells
Cell source of CCK?
I cells