Lesson 8 Flashcards
The GI tract is comprised of
Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines
The esophagus extends from _____ to ______
Cricoid cartilage to smotach
The majority of the esophagus lies in the ________, the terminal part is in the ________
Thoracic
Abdomen
at T7 the espogphagus passes anterior to the _____
Aorta
At t7 the espophagus -_____
Penetrates the diaphragm at the esophageal hiatus
The right margin of the esophagus is continuous with the _____
Lesseer curvature of the stomach
The left margin of the esophagus is seperated from the fundus by the -______
Cardiac notch
Terminal portion of the esophagus lies in a groove in the left portion of the liver and enters the stoamach at the _______
Cardiac orifice
Where the esophagus and the stomach meet is known as the _____________
Esophageal gastric junction
What slows the passage of food into the stomach and prevents reflux
Lower esophageal sphincter
4 regions of the stomach
Cardia, fundus, body, pylorus
2 sub regions of the pylorus
Antrum and canal
Stomach is supplied by all three branches of
Celiac artery
Left gastric artery supplies _________ of stomach
Lesser curvature and part of fundus
Splenic artery suplies __________ of stomach
Lateral fundus via short gastric arteries
Greater curvature via left gastro-epiploic artery
The common hepatic artery supplies ________ of the stomach
Greater curvature via right gastric
Right gastro epiploic arteries
Veins from stomach _______
Follow the same names as the arteries
4 portions of duodenum
Duodenal bulb
Descending portion
Transverse duodenum
Ascending duodenum
Which parts of duodenal are intra nad which are retro
Retro: descending and transverse
Intra: ascending, duodenal
Jejunum and ilem are the ___ and ___ portion of the small bowel
2nd and 3rd
The jejunum and ilem are retro or intra
Intra
The small bowell extends from
Duodenojejunal flexure to the right iliac fossa
The small bowel is _____ long
5.8 meters
Most of what takes place in the small bowell
Digestive processes
The small bowe lis connected ______ by ______
Posteriorly by the mesentery
The large bowel is reffered to as the
Colon
The large bowel begins/ends
Begins at terminal ileum and ends at the anus
Large bowel is divided into 7 portions
Cecum Ascending colon Transverse Descending Sigmoid Rectum Anus
What portions of the large bowel are retro
Cecum Ascending Descending Rectum Anus
What are the right and left colic flexures
Hepatic on right
Splenic on left
The appendix arrises from the
Cecum
Where is mcburneys point and what does it mark
1/3 of the distance between a line drawn from the ASIS and the umbilicus,.
Marks the appendix location
The pancreas is retro or intra
Retro