Lecture 1 GI Overview and Peritoneum

Question 1

What is the peritoneum

Answer 1

Think single cell thick serous layer

Question 2

What does the peritoneumline

Answer 2

Abdominopelvic cavity and surrounds organs within it

Question 3

What passes through the mesentery of intraperitoneal organs

Answer 3

Neurovascular bundle and nerve supply

Question 4

What is an Omenta

Answer 4

Double folds of peritoneum passing from the stomach and duodenum to other organs or the body wall

Question 5

What are ligaments

Answer 5

Varied double layers of peritoneum which are between organs and organs or body wall

Question 6

What are arterial branches

Answer 6

Structures that travel between double folds of peritoneum, such as mesenteries and omenta and thereby gain access to peritonised organs

Question 7

What is the greater omentum made of

Answer 7

Peritoneum filled with fat and blood vessel

Question 8

Cavity behind the stomach is called

Answer 8

Lesser sac (momentum bursa)

Question 9

What is the epiploic foramen

Answer 9

Short neck that connects the greater sac to the lesser sac