Lecture 23 Flashcards
Coelom
A body cavity lined with mesoderm; examples include pericardial cavity, pleural cavities, abdominopelvic cavity
Peritoneum
Mesodermal membranes associated with a true coelom; serous membranes; examples include the parietal membrane (lines walls of the coelom) and visceral membrane (covers the viscera within the retroperitoneal)
Retroperitoneal
Refers to structures that lie behind the peritoneum; example would be the kidney
Mesenteries
Double membranes connecting the parietal and visceral peritoneum; may be referred to as ligaments in some instances; mesentery proper attaches to small intestine from duodenojejunal flexure to ileocecal junction (composed of two layers of peritoneum that enclose vessels and nerves to small intestine); other mesenteries include transverse and sigmoid mesocolons
Functions of Mesenteries
Support viscera and provide pathways for blood vessels and nerves to reach viscera
Liver
Largest visceral organ (1/40th body weight); lies mostly in upper right portion of abdominal cavity; projects superiorly to xiphisternal junction; projects left as far as apex of heart; projects inferiorly to midpoint between xiphoid process and umbilicus; encased in fibrous capsule and covered by visceral peritoneum except the bare area that is in contact with underside of diaphragm
Falciform Ligament
Runs to umbilicus; encloses ligamentum teres; projects anteriorly between right and left lobes to posterior side of anterior body wall
Functions of Liver
Detoxification of blood, storage of glycogen, secretion of bile, protein synthesis such as blood proteins including clotting factors
Coronary Ligaments of Liver
Reflect to inferior surface of diaphragm; surround bare area; reflected peritoneum on superior surface of liver
Triangular Ligaments of Liver
Represent double folds of coronary ligaments
Liver Surfaces
Diaphragmatic (anterior, superior, some inferior), bare area, visceral (posteroinferior), gastric (contacts stomach), renal (contacts right kidney/suprarenal gland), duodenal (contacts duodenum), colic (contacts right colic flexure), and fossa for gall bladder
Liver Recesses
Subphrenic recess (between liver and diaphragm) and hepatorenal recess/Morrison’s Pouch (between liver and right kidney/suprarenal gland
Portal Hepatis
Entry point for portal triad; hepatic portal vein (posterior), common (proper) hepatic artery (anterior left), and common hepatic duct (anterior right)
Lobes of Liver
Right is largest; left is smaller than right but still larger than caudate and quadrate
Caudate Lobe of Liver
Posterior to quadrate; separated from left lobe by lesser omentum; separated from right lobe by porta hepatis and IVC
Quadrate Lobe of Liver
Anterior to caudate lobe
Porta Hepatis
Transverse fissure separating caudate and quadrate lobes; transmits right/left hepatic ducts, right/left hepatic arteries, right/left branches of portal vein, and autonomic plexus and lymphatics