GIT Flashcards
Length of esophagus
10inches or 25cm
Level or esophagus
C6-T10
Esophageal constrictions
UES/ pharyngeal esophageal bu cricopharyngeus muscles
Middle/ thoracic by aortic arch and left main bronchus
Inferior/diaphragmatic at esophageal hiatus
Relationship of VAGUS nerve to esophagus
Left vagus- anterior
Right vagus- posterior
Arterial supply
Upper- inferior thyroid from subclavian
Middle- descending aorta
Lower- left gastric from celiac trunk
Venous drainage
Upper- inferior thyroid
Middle- azygous vein
Lower- left gastric
Lymphatic drainage
Upper- deep cervical
Middle- mediastinal
Lower- celiac
Type of hernia id diaphragmatic
Sliding type
Capacity of stomach
1.5L
Where is angular incisure/notch found
Lesser curvature
Level of cardiac orifice
T10-T11
Plane of fundus
5th rib LMCL
Level of greater curvature
10th L costal cartilage
Level of pyloric antrum
L1
Level of pyloric canal
Right side L2-L4
Projectile vomiting after feeding and small palpable mass at right coastal margin
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
Contents exiting posterior perforations of stomach will accumulate in
Omental bursa
Largest artery of stomach and smallest branch of celiac
Left gastric
Drainage of right and left gastric
Portal vein
Drainage of left gastroepiploic and short gastric
Splenic to portal
Drainage of right gastroepiploic
Smv to portal
Parasympathetic of stomach
Vagus
Sympa of stomach
t6-T9
MC loc of stomach ulcers
Lesser curvature near incisura