Lecture 1 (Abdominal Cavity I)

Question 1

What are the muscles of the posterior abdominal wall?

Answer 1

Psoas minor, psoas major, quadratus lumborum, iliacus

Question 2

A body cavity lined with mesoderm

Answer 2

Coelom

Question 3

Membranes associated with the coelom

Answer 3

Peritoneum, parietal, visceral

Question 4

Reference to structures that lie behind the peritoneum

Answer 4

Retroperitoneal (example = kidney)

Question 5

Double membranes, connect the parietal and visceral peritoneum, functions to support viscera and provide a pathway for blood vessels and nerve to reach viscera

Answer 5

Mesenteries

Question 6

Ligament, double layer of peritoneum, attaches to liver to the anterior abdominal wall and to the inferior surface of the diaphragm

Answer 6

Falciform ligament

Question 7

Whar are the major functions of the liver?

Answer 7

Detoxification of the blood, storage of glycogen, secretion of bile, protein synthesis.

Question 8

Where is the liver located relative to abdominal quadants and regions?

Answer 8

Right hypochondriac (1), left hypochondriac (2), epigastric (3)

Question 9

Where does the liver project superiorly onto the anterior abdominal wall?

Answer 9

Via xiphisternal junction

Question 10

Where does the liver project left onto the anterior abdominal wall?

Answer 10

A far as apex of the heart

Question 11

Where does the liver project inferiorly onto the anterior abdominal wall?

Answer 11

Midpoint between xiphoid process and umbilicus

Question 12

What ligaments are assocaited with the liver?

Answer 12

Coronary, left triangular, falciform, and round

Question 13

What mesenteries are associated with the liver?

Answer 13

Ligamentum venosum and lesser omentum

Question 14

What are the surfaces of the liver?

Answer 14

Diaphragmatic, bare area, visceral

Question 15

What are the recesses of the liver?

Answer 15

Subphrenic and hepatorenal

Question 16

Entry point for portal triad.

Answer 16

Portal hepatis

Question 17

What is transmited through the porta hepatis?

Answer 17

R/L hepatic ducts, R/L hepatic arteries, R/L branches of protal vein, and autonomic plexus and lymphatics

Question 18

List the lobes of the liver.

Answer 18

R/L lobes, caudate, and quadrate

Question 19

Venous connection between two organs other than the heart, vein connecting two capillary beds (i.e. hepatic, hypophyseal, renal [not in mammals]).

Answer 19

Portal system

Question 20

List the ducts associated with the biliary system.

Answer 20

R/L hepatic, common

Question 21

Components of the bilary system.

Answer 21

Gallbladder, common hepatic duct, cystic duct, common bile duct

Question 22

Where is the stomach related to the abdominal regions?

Answer 22

Left hypochondriac (2) and epigastric (3)

Question 23

List in order the anatomical subdivisions of the stomach.

Answer 23

Fundus, body, pylorus

Question 24

Omenta related to the stomach.

Answer 24

Greater (i.e. connects greater curve to posterior abdominal wall) and lesser (i.e. connects lesser curvature to the liver)

Question 25

Internal longitudinal ridges of the stomach, permit the expansion of the stomach

Answer 25

Rugae

Question 26

Protrusion of stomach through the esophageal hiatus in the diaphragm

Answer 26

Hiatal hernia

Question 27

Arterial supply to the stomach.

Answer 27

L/R gastric a., L/R gastroepiploic a., , and short gastric a.