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Whats the flow of food as it passes through the stomach to the anal canal?

A

Stomach-Duodenum-Jejunum-Ileum-Cecum-Ascending colon-Transverse colon-Descending colon-Sigmoid colon-Rectum-Anal canal
SDJICATDSRA (try making an acronym for that)

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What is the entrance to the esophagus called?

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The cardiac orifice

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What is the exit to the duodenum called?

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Pyloric sphincter

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T/F the stomach is lined with rugae?

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Trooth

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Of the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum, which ones are mobile and which ones are immobile?

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Duodenum is fixed and relatively immobile

Jejunum and ileum are very mobile

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What are the plicae circularis?

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They are permanent folds within the intestine

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What are the four parts of the duodenum?

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superior, descending, inferior, ascending

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The jejunal and ileal arteries are branches of what?

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the superior mesenteric artery

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Meckel’s diverticulum is in what part of the GI tract?

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the ileum

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Where is Meckel’s diverticulum located?

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about 1 meter proximal to the ileocecal valve

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The large intestine is also known as the ___. and it frames what?

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Known as the colon

It frames the small intestines

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What are the five segments of the colon?

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cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon

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What are the two flexures of the large intestine?

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Right colic- hepatic flexure

Left colic- splenic flexure

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The appendix opens into what?

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The cecum

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T/F- the appendix opens into the cecum superiorly?

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false, inferiorly, just below the ileocecal orifice

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There is a triangular swatch of mesentary between the ileum and the appendix. What is that called?

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The mesoappendix

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What is appendicitis?

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an inflamed appendix

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Pain from appendicitis is referred to what level?

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T10

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There are 3 bands of smooth muscle that parallel the length of the colon and they produce outpouchings called what?

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Teniae coli muscles produce haustra oli which are the outpouchings

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What are epiploic appendage appendages and where are they found?

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fat tags found along the colon

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The celiac trunk, the superior mesenteric and inferior mesenteric arteries are all branches off of what?

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The abdominal aorta

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What does the celiac trunk supply?

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the liver, gallbladder, espophagus, stomach, pancreas and spleen

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What are the three main branches off the celiac trunk?

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common hepatic
Left gastric
Splenic artery

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What does the superior mesenteric artery supply and how does it do it?

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It supplies the small intestine by sending out 15-18 intestinal arteries

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What else does the superior mesenteric artery supply via which arteries?
It supplies proximal 2/3 of transverse colon via the ileocolic, right colic and middle colic arteries
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The inferior mesenteric artery supplies what via which arteries?
It supplies the distal 1/3 of the transverse colon via the left colic, sigmoid, and superior rectal arteries
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T/F there is a lot of variation in the SMA and IMA?
True
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Anastomoses exist between colic branches for collateral circulation. These form a consisten vascular arc around the colon via what?
The marginal artery of Drummond
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The gastroduodenal artery gives off the pancreaticoduodenal arteries
yep
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The SMA gives off a branch that helps supply the pancreas. What is it?
It gives off the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
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Which two arteries anastomose and supply the head of the pancreas and duodenum?
the pancreaticodudodenal and the inferior pancreaticoduodenal arteries
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The renal arteries supply what?
The kidneys
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The renal arteries have branches that supply what two things?
The adrenal glands and the ureters
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The renal and gonadal arteries are lateral branches off of what?
the abdominal aorta
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The renal arteries enter the ____ of each kidney to supply it.
The hilum
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Which artery is more superior, the renal or gonadal artery?
The renal artery
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A what level does the inferior vena cava begin?
around L5
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The inferior vena cava returns blood to the heart from where? (5 things)
Lower limbs, most of the back, abdominal wall, and abdominopelvic viscera
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The portal vein is formed by what?
the union of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins
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The portal vein drains what?
the spleen, pancreas, gall bladder, abdominal GI tract
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Portal-caval anastomoses: | gastric vein &
esophageal vein
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Portal-caval anastomoses: | paraumbilical vein &
epigastric vein
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Portal-caval anastomoses: | superior rectal vein &
middle/inferior rectal vein
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Portal-caval anastomoses: | colic vein &
retroperitoneal vein
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T/F the portal venous system doesn't have valves?
true
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The portal-caval anastomoses- clinical notes: because of portal hypertensions, which restricts blood flow, the caval veins can become engorged, possibly dilated and varicose
yep
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The portal-caval anastomoses- clinical notes: | dilated infra & mid. rectal veins produce hemorrhoids that can lead to vascualr rupture and severe hemorrhaging
also good to know
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Innervation to the viscera of the abdomen is via what?
the autonomic nerve plexus
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Where do sympathetic and parasympathetic fibers for the abdomen originate from?
Sympathetic- from T5-L2 (thoracolumbar) | Parasympathetic- from CN X and S2-4 (craniosacral)
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Preganglionic splanchnic nerves synapse where?
You know this is going to be a test question. | The answer is in the collateral ganglia
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Postganglionic sympathetic fibers leave the ganglia to reach the effector organs. How do the post synaptic fibers travel?
They travel on all the main arterial branches
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Where do parasympathetic preganglionic nerves from CN X travel?
on upper arterial branches (celiac trunk, SMA, renal)
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Where do preganglionic nerves from S2-4 travel?
on the lower arterial branches (IMA and branches)
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Where do synapses of the parasympathetics occur?
within the effector organ
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What are the 4 major autonomic ganglia and plexuses of the abdomen?
1. Celiac ganglion 2. Superior mesenteric ganglion 3. Aorticorenal ganglion 4. Inferior mesenteric ganglion
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The 4 major ganglia receive nerve inputs from where?
The inferior mesenteric ganglion receives lumbar splanchnic nerve and S2-4 branches All the rest receive thoracic splanchnic nerves and CN X branches

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