Peritoneal Cavity and Peritoneum

Question 1

What does parietal peritoneum line

Answer 1

Lines abdominal wall

Question 2

What innervates parietal peritoneum

Answer 2

Somatic nerves

Question 3

Can parietal peritoneum be seen with the naked eye

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

Describe pain for the parietal peritoneum

Answer 4

Sharp, severe and well localised to the abdominal wall

Question 5

What does visceral peritoneum cover

Answer 5

Abdominal viscera

Question 6

Can visceral peritoneum be seen by the naked eye

Answer 6

No. It is adhered to the surface of the viscera

Question 7

What is visceral peritoneum innervated by

Answer 7

Visceral somatic nerves

Question 8

What does the pain from visceral peritoneum feel like

Answer 8

Can be severe
Dull and diffuse
May be perceived as nausea or distension

Question 9

What lies between the parietal and visceral peritoneum

Answer 9

Peritoneal cavity

Question 10

What should lie in the peritoneal cavity

Answer 10

Thin film of peritoneal fluid
Allows the viscera to slide freely alongside each other

Question 11

Define intraperitoneal

Answer 11

Almost completely covered by peritoneum

Question 12

Define retroperitoneal

Answer 12

Posterior to the peritoneum. Only covered by peritoneum on their anterior surface

Question 13

Define secondary retroperitoneal

Answer 13

Organs were intraperitoneal in early development but became ‘stuck down’ onto the posterior abdominal wall

Question 14

Define mesenteries

Answer 14

Folds in the peritoneum that contain fat

Question 15

What do mesenteries suspend

Answer 15

Small intestine and parts of the large intestine from the posterior abdominal wall

Question 16

What is embedded in mesenteries

Answer 16

Arteries that supply the intestine (from the abdominal aorta)

Veins that drain the gut

Question 17

What are the greater and lesser omenta

Answer 17

Folds of peritoneum that are usually fatty and connect the stomach to other organs

Question 18

Where is the greater omentum

Answer 18

Hangs from the great curvature of the stomach and lies superficial to the small intestine

Question 19

What does the lesser omentum connect

Answer 19

The stomach and dudoneum to the liver

Question 20

What is embedded in the free edge of the lesser omentum

Answer 20

Portal triad

Question 21

Where is the median umbilical fold

Answer 21

Midline

Question 22

What does the median umbilical fold represent

Answer 22

Remnant of the urachus

Question 23

What is the urachus

Answer 23

An embryological structure that connected the bladder to the umbilicus

Question 24

Where do you find the medial umbilical folds

Answer 24

Lateral to the median umbilical fold

Question 25

What do the medial umbilical folds represent

Answer 25

Remnants of the paired umbilical arteries Which returned venous blood to the placenta in foetal life

Question 26

Where do you find the lateral umbilical folds

Answer 26

Lateral to the medial umbilical folds

Question 27

What lies deep to the lateral umbilical folds

Answer 27

Inferior epigastric arteries (supply the anterior abdominal wall)

Question 28

Where do you find the lesser sac

Answer 28

Space that lies posterior to the stomach and anterior to the pancreas

Question 29

Where do you find the greater sac

Answer 29

Remaining part of the peritoneal cavity after the lesser sac

Question 30

How do the greater and lesser sac communicate to each other

Answer 30

Epiploic foramen