Guts GUTS GUTSSSSS Flashcards

1
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What quadrant is the liver in?

A

RUQ

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2
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What is the ligament that seperates the right and left lobes of the liver?

A

The falciform ligament

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3
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What does the free edge of the falciform ligament turn into

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The round ligament of the liver

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4
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What was the round ligament of the liver in fetal life?

A

The umbilical vein

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5
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Where does the gallbladder sit and where does it go?

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Sits in the gallbladder fossa and the BILE DUCT travels to the duodenum

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6
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What are the 2 curvatures of the stomach and what is there relationship to other structures and organs?

A
  • The lesser curvature is more superior and it is near the esophagus
  • The greater curvature is more inferior and its on the opposite side of the lesser curvature
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7
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What are the 4 regions of the stomach? in order from top (near the esophagus) to the bottom (near the duodenum)

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  • Cardia (esophagus empties right into here)
  • Fundus (top of the stomach)
  • Body (between the lesser and greater curvatures)
  • Pylorus (empties out into the duodenum)
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8
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What are the 3 sections of the pylorus?

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  • Antrum (the curvature of the stomach begins to go up)
  • Canal
  • Sphincter
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9
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What is the angle between the cardia and the fundus called?

A

The cardial notch

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10
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What wraps the esophagus near the cardia of the stomach?

A

The right crus of the diaphragm

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11
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T/F- The duodenum has a part that is secondary retroperitoneal?

A

True

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12
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What is the order of the portions of the small intestine?

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The duodenum, jejunum, and the ilium

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13
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What holds the duodenal jejunal flexure in place?

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The suspensory muscle from the diaphragm

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14
Q

The ilium ends by emptying into the…

A

Cecum (first part of the LI)

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15
Q

What are the little pieces of fat coming off of the LI?

A

Epiploic appendages

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16
Q

Where is the appendix loactaed in relation to the cecum?

A

Retrocecally

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17
Q

Ascending colon –> transverse colon via the

A

Right colic flexure (hepatic flexure)

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18
Q

Transverse colon –> descending colon via the

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Left colic flexure (splenic flexure)

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19
Q

What is the last part of the LI before becoming the rectum?

A

Sigmoid colon

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20
Q

Where does the abdominal aorta start and end?

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Start- Diaphragm at the left crus (where the thoracic aorta becomes the abdominal aorta)
End- by becoming the 2 common iliac arteries

21
Q

What are the 3 main branches that come off of the abdominal aorta? From superior to inferior

A
  • Celiac truck
  • Superior mesenteric
  • Inferior mesenteric
22
Q

What part of the gut does the celiac truck supply?

A

The foregut

23
Q

Branch off of the celiac truck that goes to the liver, it splits so there are 2, what are the names?

A

R and L hepatic artery

24
Q

This is the direct branch off of the celiac trunk

A

Common hepatic artery

25
Q

Branch off of the Common Hepatic Artery that goes to the lesser curvature of the stomach

A

Right Gastric Artery

26
Q

This is a branch off of the common hepatic artery, then turns into the gastroduodenal artery and then that follows the greater curvature of the stomach to become…

A

Right Gastroepiploic Artery

27
Q

This is a branch off of the gastroduodenal artery and it serves the pancreas and the duodenum

A

Anterior and posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries

28
Q

What is the last branch that comes off of the gastroduodenal artery

A

Duodenal branches

29
Q

SOOOO what are the 4 branches off of the hepatic artery?

A
  • Right gastric artery
  • Right Gastroepiploic artery
  • Ant and Post superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries
  • Duodenal branches
30
Q

What is the segment of the hepatic artery between the gastroduodenal branch and the liver?

A

The Proper hepatic artery (only serves the liver at this point)

31
Q

What is the branch that comes off of the celiac truck that goes to the spleen?

A

The splenic artery (have many branches as they enter the hilum of the spleen)

32
Q

This is a branch off of the splenic artery that follows the greater curvature of the stomach

A

Left gastroepiploic artery

33
Q

These are branches coming off of the splenic artery that go to the pancreas (specifically the body and the tail of the pancreas)

A

Pancreatic branches

34
Q

This is the last branch off of the celiac trunk and it goes to the lesser curvature of the stomach on the left side of the body

A

Left gastric artery

35
Q

RECAP! What are the 3 branches off of the celiac truck?

A
  • Hepatic artery
  • Splenic artery
  • Left gastric artery
36
Q

What is the second artery coming off of the anterior surface of the abdominal aorta called?

A

Superior mesenteric artery (serves the midgut)

37
Q

What is the most proximal branch off of the superior mesenteric artery?

A

Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

38
Q

The branch of the superior mesenteric artery that goes to the ileum and the cecum

A

Iliocolic branch (there is a superior and inferior reflexion)

39
Q

What artery supplies the addendix?

A

Appendiceal artery

40
Q

Where does the right colic branch go?

A

To the ascending colon

41
Q

What artery serves the transverse colon?

A

The middle colic artery

42
Q

What is the general pattern of arteries in the abdomen?

A

Arteries travel toward the wall of the gut and then split

43
Q

On the left side of the superior mesenteric, there are many branches that go ____ and ______

A

That go to the ILIUM and the JEJUNUM

44
Q

T/F- The arteries of the abdomen have lots of penetrating branches that reach the intestine?

A

True

45
Q

This is the anatomotic loop of arteries for the large intestine that are supplied by branches of the superior mesenteric artery

A

Marginal artery of Drummond

46
Q

This artery serves the hindgut

A

The inferior mesenteric artery

47
Q

This branch of the inferior mesenteric artery travels superiorly to the splenic flexure and the descending colon

A

The left colic artery

48
Q

These branches of the inferior mesenteric artery serve the sigmoid colon

A

The Sigmoid branches

49
Q

This is the last branch of the inferior mesenteric artery that does not have an anastomotic connection

A

The superior rectal artery