Large Bowel. Rectum. Appendix Flashcards
Valves of Houston found
Rectum
Where taenia coli, haustra found
Colon
Loc of cecum
Right Iliac fossa
Wormlike, blind instertinal diverticulum with short triangular mesentery
Mesoappendix
Base of appendix situated
MCBURNEY point
Techniques precisely locate appendix
Trace the teniae coli on the cecum
Blood supply of appendix
Appendicular a from ileocolic from IMA
Drainage of appendix
Appendicular vein to posterior cecal v to smv
Never can be injured during appendectomy
Manifest as weakening of anterior abdominal wall
Iliohypogastric nerve
Supply of ascending colon
Ileocolic and right colic a from SMA
Drainage of ascending colon
Ileocolic and right colic v to SMV
Blood supply of transverse colon
Middle colic A from SMA, also by R colic from SMA and L colic from IMA
Supply of descending colon
Left colic and sigmoid artery from IMA
Twists around sigmoid mesocolon. Symptoms of left sided colicky oain, abdominal distention, hematichezia
Sigmoid volvulus
Blood supply of rectum
Superior rectal from IMA
MIddle rectal from Iternal Iliac
Inferior rectal from internal pudendal