Large Intestine Flashcards
Vermiform appendix has a role in
Immunity
Omental Apendices
Fat filled bags of visceral Peritoneum
Primary functions of Large intestine are
Fluid absorbtion
mucus secretion
Taenia Coli
3 bands of outer longitudinal layer of muscularis externa
- mesocolic
- omental
- free
Haustra
Outwardly bulging pockets from the walls of large gut
Plica semilunares
Cresentric folds projecting into the lumen of Colon
Location of Cecum
Right iliac fossa above lateral inguinal ligament
Relations of Cecum
Anteriorly-Ant abdominal wall, coils of small intestine
Posteriorly- psoas major, iliacus, femoral Nerve, appendix
Medially-Distal ileum
Recesses of cecum
- Paracecal- common site of abcess collection in appendicitis
- Superior ileoceal
- Inferior ileoceal
- Retrocecal
Blood supply of cecum
Anterior and posterior ceal arteries (ileocolic)
Anterior posterior cecal veins >poral vein
Nerve supply of Cecum
T11-L1
Location of appendix
Narrow blind ended tube below ileoceal oriface in right iliac fossa
Common location of Appendix
Retrocecal-11oclock (64%)
Subileal-3oclock (36%)
Blood supply of appendix
Appendicular artery (ileocolic)
Appendicular,Ileocolic, superior mesentric vein> Portal vein
Nerve supply of appendix
SNS- T9 + T10 via celiac plexus
PSNS-Vagus