Hindgut Flashcards
All organs associated with the hindgut receive their arterial supply from branches off the _____ ____.
Inferior mesenteric artery.
What organs are part of the hindgut?
Transverse colon, Descending colon, Sigmoid colon, Proximal rectum.
What are the 3 branches of the IMA?
Left colic artery, Sigmoidal arteries, and Superior rectal artery.
What sympathetically innervates the foregut?
Greater and Lesser splanchnic nerve.
What sympathetically innervates the midgut?
Greater and Lesser splanchnic nerve.
What sympathetically innervates the hind gut?
Lumbar splanchnic nerves.
What parasympathetically innervates the foregut and midgut?
Vagus nerve.
What parasympathetically innervates the hindgut?
Pelvic splanchnic nerves.