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Lecture 10 - Alimentary 2 Flashcards

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Where does small intestine extend

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Pylorus to ileocaecal valve

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What does the small intestine consist of (3)

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Duodenum, jejunum and ileum

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What is the function of the small intestine

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Digestion and absorption of nutrients

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The entire duodenum is retroperitoneal true or false?

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False

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What section of the duodenum is not retroperitoneal?

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The first 2-3 cms which are attached to the greater and lesser omenta

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What is the shape of the duodenum? (2)

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C-shaped with 4 parts that curve around the head of the pancreas

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Where does the duodenum sit?

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Above the level of the umbilicus

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What are the permanent circular folds of the duodenum called?

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Plicae

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Where are the plicae most pronounced?

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In the proximal duodenum

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What do the plicae look like in contrast medium x-rays?

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Feathery

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What vein and duct are posterior to the duodenum?

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Portal vein and bile duct

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What organs are anterior to the superior duodenum (2)

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Quadrate lobe of the liver and gallblader

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What is the first part of the duodenum called in x-rays

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Duodenal cap

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Why is the duodenal cap shorter than it actually is in x-rays?

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It has an oblique orientation

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What is medial to the descending/second part of the duodenum

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Head of the pancreas

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Where do the bile duct and main pancreatic ducts empty into the duodenum?

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The greater duodenal papilla

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Where would the lesser duodenal papilla be anatomically if it existed for the accessory pancreatic duct

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2 cm above the greater papilla

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What is posterior to the descending duodenum?

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Hilum of the right kidney

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What is posterior to the horizontal/third part of the duodenum?

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Upper right psoas

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What vessels are anterior to the horizontal duodenum

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superior mesenteric vessels

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Where do the superior mesenteric vessels pass between

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The uncinate process and the head of the pancreas

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What is posterior to the ascending/fourth part of the duodenum?

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Upper left psoas

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Where is the duodenojejunal junction

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The level of L2 just medial to the left kidney (easy to recognise by the appearance of a mesentery supporting the jejunum.

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The duodenum is in general posterior to the transverse colon, true or false?

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True

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What fraction of the length of the small intestine are the jejunum and ileum
2/5 and 3/5
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Where is the jejunum largely located?
Umbilical region
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Where is the ileum mainly located?
Lower abdomen and pubic regions
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Where is the first loop of jejunum usually coiled?
Between the left transverse colon and left kidney
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Where does the jejenum and ileum extend?
From the duodenal flexure to the ileocaecal valve.
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The transition from the ileum to the caecum is gradual true or false?
True
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What is the mesentery attachment of the jejunum and ileum to the posterior abdominal wall called?
The root of mesentery
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Which direction does the root of mesentery run?
Upper left to lower right
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What is the shape of root of mesentery?
Fan-shaped
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The internal transverse folds of the jejunum and ileum are temporary like the stomach folds, true or false?
False, they are not obliterated by distension
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What comprises the walls of the jejunum and ileum (4)
Mucosa with villi, thin muscularis mucosa, submucosa and thick external muscle
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Where do the vasa recta of the jejunum arise from?
Branches of the superior mesenteric artery
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The jejunum has longer mesentery vasa recta then the ileum with few anastamoses, true or false?
True
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The ileum has larger and longer folds than the jejunum, true or false?
False
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The jejunum is thinner and less vascular walled than the ileum, true or false?
False
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The mesentery of the ileum is less fatty than the jejunum true or false?
False
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The jejunum has small and few aggregated lymph follicles (Payer's patches), true or false?
True
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The jejunum has longer villi true or false?
True
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What is the large intestine comprised of? (8)
Caecum, appendix; ascending, descending, transverse, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus
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What is the function of the large intestine?
Absorption of water and ions
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What are the sacculation/haustra
Regular expanded areas of the colon interspersed with constrictions
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Where are the taenia not present
Appendix and rectum junction
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What are the taenia coli
3 thickenings of the longitudinal part of the external muscle
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What are three features of the large intestine?
Sacculation, taenia coli and epiploic/omental appendices
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Where are the epiploic appendices present
Transverse and sigmoid colon
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The appendix and rectum junction have epiploic appendices true or false?
False
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Where is the caecum located?
In the right iliac fossa
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The caecum is attached by mesentery true or false?
False
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What usually surrounded caecum?
Peritoneum
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When is the caecum not surrounded by the peritoneum?
Where it connects with the ileum and ascending colon
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What is the caecum?
A blind intestinal pouch suspended from the ascending colon
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What is behind the caecum?
The retrocaecal recess
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Where is the junction between the caecum and ascending colon?
At the level of the ileocaecal valve
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What likely facilitates the reflux of the bolus back into the ileum?
The tightening of frenulae rather than the contraction of the poorly developed muscle of the horizontal ileocaecal valve
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What is the anatomical description of the horizontal ileocaecal valve
Posteromedial
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What does the horizontal ileocaecal valve consist of?
two flaps called valves whose edges taper into horizontal elevations/frenulae
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What is the gastroileal reflex
When food in the stomach initiates contraction of the small intestine and thus expulsion of ileal contents into the caecum
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Where is the appendix often located? (3)
Retrocaecal recess or hanging down over the pelvic brim or close to the opening of the uterine tube in females
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What point does the appendix open into the caecum? (2)
McBurney's point - junction of lateral and middle thirds of line joining umbilicus and anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS)
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What is the appendix suspended on and what is this suspension attached to?
Mesoappendix, attached to the ileal mesentary
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The appendix has a ring of lymphatic nodules in the mucosa and submucosa true or false?
True
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Where does the ascending colon extend?
From the ileocaecal valve to the right colic flexure
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Where is the right colic flexure? (3)
Anterior to the right kidney and descending duodenum and behind the fundus of the gallbladder
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The ascending colon is always retroperitoneal true or false?
False, many up to 50% of individuals have ascending or even descending colon attached with little mesentery
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What suspends the transverse colon?
Transverse mesocolon
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Where is the transverse colon suspended between and how?
Colic flexures in an inverted arch
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What does the transverse mesocolon attach to? (2)
Greater omentum and pancreas
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Where is the anatomical position of the left colic flexure
anterior to the left kidney and below the spleen and pancreas
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What attaches the left colic flexure to the diaphragm?
Phrenicocolic ligament
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What is the function of the phrenicocolic ligament?
Provides support for the spleen
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What is the pathway of the phrenicocolic ligament?
It passes laterally under the spleen and is continuous with the splenocolic ligament
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Where does the descending colon span?
The left colic flexure to the pelvic inlet
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What is the pathway of the descending colon (3)
Down the abdominal wall Turns medially into left iliac fossa Crosses structures
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What structures does the descending colon cross (2)?
Testicular/ovarian vessels and external iliac vessels
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Where does the sigmoid colon extend?
From the pelvic brim to S3 (middle of sacrum)
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What shape does the sigmoid colon form?
A V-shape
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Where does the sigmoid colon reside?
In the intersigmoidal recess behind the sigmoid mesocolon
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What does the sigmoid colon overly? (2)
Left ureter and external iliac vessels.

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