Peritoneum Flashcards
What main artery supplies the midgut?
Accessory arteries?
Superior mesenteric
Ileocolic, R colic, Middle colic
What main artery supplies the hind gut?
Accessory arteries?
Inferior mesenteric
L colic, sigmoid branches, superior rectal
What layer has somatic innervation and pain fibers?
Parietal layer
What layer has referred pain and receives autonomic innervation?
Visceral layer
What kind of fibers does visceral peritoneum have?
What is this kind of peritoneum sensitive/insensitive to?
Unmyelinated C-fibers
Sensitive to: stretching and chemical irritation
Insensitive to: touch, heat, cold, laceration
What are the primary Retroperitoneal organs?
Kidneys Ureters Suprarenal glands Gonads Aorta and IVC
What are the secondary Retroperitoneal organs?
Duodenum (asc./desc. and horizontal)
Asc./desc. colon
Pancreas
Upper 2/3 rectum
How are Retroperitoneal organs covered by peritoneum?
By parietal on one side only
How are intraperitoneal organs covered?
Most sides by visceral peritoneum
Suspended by a mesentery
What does THE mesentery attach?
Small intestine to the posterior body wall
Where is ventral mesentery located?
Area around the liver i.e. Respiratory diaphragm to teh duodenum
Where does the lesser omentum develop from?
What parts does it have?
Ventral mesentery
Hepatogastric lig
Hepatoduodenal lig
Where does the greater omentum develop from?
What ligaments does it have?
Dorsal mesentery
Gastrocolic
Gastrophrenic
Gastrosplenic
What is the ligamentum teres hepatis (round ligament of the liver) a remnant of?
Umbilical vein
How is the retro duodenal fossa fold formed?
By inferior mesenteric vein posterior to peritoneum