Guts GUTS GUTSSSSS Flashcards
What quadrant is the liver in?
RUQ
What is the ligament that seperates the right and left lobes of the liver?
The falciform ligament
What does the free edge of the falciform ligament turn into
The round ligament of the liver
What was the round ligament of the liver in fetal life?
The umbilical vein
Where does the gallbladder sit and where does it go?
Sits in the gallbladder fossa and the BILE DUCT travels to the duodenum
What are the 2 curvatures of the stomach and what is there relationship to other structures and organs?
- 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
What are the 4 regions of the stomach? in order from top (near the esophagus) to the bottom (near the duodenum)
- Cardia (esophagus empties right into here)
- Fundus (top of the stomach)
- Body (between the lesser and greater curvatures)
- Pylorus (empties out into the duodenum)
What are the 3 sections of the pylorus?
- Antrum (the curvature of the stomach begins to go up)
- Canal
- Sphincter
What is the angle between the cardia and the fundus called?
The cardial notch
What wraps the esophagus near the cardia of the stomach?
The right crus of the diaphragm
T/F- The duodenum has a part that is secondary retroperitoneal?
True
What is the order of the portions of the small intestine?
The duodenum, jejunum, and the ilium
What holds the duodenal jejunal flexure in place?
The suspensory muscle from the diaphragm
The ilium ends by emptying into the…
Cecum (first part of the LI)
What are the little pieces of fat coming off of the LI?
Epiploic appendages
Where is the appendix loactaed in relation to the cecum?
Retrocecally
Ascending colon –> transverse colon via the
Right colic flexure (hepatic flexure)
Transverse colon –> descending colon via the
Left colic flexure (splenic flexure)
What is the last part of the LI before becoming the rectum?
Sigmoid colon