Lesson 5A (Part 2)

Question 1

What are the 4 parts that make up the duodenum?

Answer 1

1. Duodenal bulb
2. Descending portion
3. Transverse duodenum
4. Ascending duodenum

Question 2

What is the shape of the duodenum?

Answer 2

Its C shape

- around the head of the pancreas

Question 3

At what level is the duodenal bulb?

Answer 3

L1

Question 4

At what level is the descending duodenum

Answer 4

L2

Question 5

At what level is the transverse duodenum?

Answer 5

L3

Question 6

At what level is the ascending duodenum?

Answer 6

L2

Question 7

Is small bowl intro or retro peritoneal?

Answer 7

Introperitoneal

Question 8

What are the 3 parts of the small bowl? (in order)

Answer 8

1. Duodenum
2. Jejunum
3. Ileum

Question 9

Where does the small bowl extend from?

Answer 9

The duodenojejunal flexure

- terminates at the ileocecal junction

Question 10

How long is the small intestine?

Answer 10

5.8 meters

Question 11

What happens in the small intestines?

Answer 11

Most of the digestive process

- nutrients gets absorbed

Question 12

What connects the small bowel to the posterior abdominal wall?

Answer 12

Mesenteries

- suspends the small bowel

Question 13

Where is the small intestines located?

Answer 13

In the central/lower part of the abdominal cavity

Question 14

Where does the large bowl being?

Answer 14

At the terminal ileum

Question 15

Where does the large bowl end?

Answer 15

The anus

Question 16

What are the 7 portions of the large intestines?

Answer 16

1. Cecum
2. Ascending colon
3. Transverse colon
4. Descending colon
5. Sigmoid colon
6. Rectum
7. Anus

Question 17

What are the 5 structures of the colon that are retroperitoneal?

Answer 17

1. Cecum
2. Ascending colon
3. Descending colon
4. Rectum
5. Anus

Question 18

What are the 2 flexures associated with the colon?

Answer 18

1. Hepatic flexture
   - right colic flexure
2. Splenic flexture
   - left colic flexure

Question 19

What is another word for the location of the appendix?

Answer 19

McBurneys point

Question 20

What part of the colon is the appendix attached to?

Answer 20

The cecum

Question 21

What flexure of the colon is more superior?

Answer 21

Splenic flexure

Question 22

Is the transverse colon more anterior or posterior than the ascending colon?

Answer 22

Anterior

Question 23

Is the pancreas intro or reto peritoneal?

Answer 23

Retroperitoneal

Question 24

What are the 4 parts of the pancreas?

Answer 24

1. Head
2. Neck
3. Body
4. Tail

Question 25

Where is the uncinate project?

Answer 25

Inferiorly and medially

- posterior to the duodenum and stomach

Question 26

Can the uncinate process be seen in both transverse and sagittal planes?

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

Where is the splenic vein in reference to the pancreas?

Answer 27

Inferior

Question 28

What 2 things make up the portal confluence?

Answer 28

1. SMV

2. Splenic vein

Question 29

What 3 vessels are posterior to the pancreas?

Answer 29

1. SMA
2. SMV
3. Splenic vein/artery

Question 30

Where is the tail of the pancreas located?

Answer 30

Posterior/superior

- sits in the hilum of the spleen

Question 31

What supplies the pancreas with blood?

Answer 31

Splenic artery

Question 32

What drains the pancreas of blood?

Answer 32

Splenic vein

- goes through the portal system before going back to the IVC