Peritoneum and Upper Abdomen Flashcards
What are the two types of peritoneum?
1) Parietal Peritoneum
2) Visceral Peritoneum
What travels between peritoneal layers?
Vessels
What is the collective name for organs behind the peritoneum?
Retroperitoneal organs Duhhh
What is the type of membrane that makes up the peritoneum?
Serous membrane
What is the Peritoneal Sac
It is all of the visceral and parietal peritoneal membranes
What is the peritoneal cavity
It is the potential space within the sac that contains a small amount of serous fluid that allows the organs to move more freely during peristalsis.
What can happen within the peritoneal cavity clinically?
Can become an actual space with the build up of fluids bacteria and gas that leads to a condition called ascites. There can be as much as liters of fluid in the space.
What are the 4 Main bilayer ligaments of the peritoneum?
1) Hepatoduodenal Ligament (contains the Portal triad)
2) Hepatogastric Ligament
3) Gastrosplenic ligament
4) Splenorenal ligament
What is contained in the portal triad?
Hepatic artery, Bile duct and Hepatic portal vein
What are the two components of the Lesser omentum?
1) Portal triad
2) Hepatogastric ligament
What are the attachments of the Greater Omentum
The greater curvature of the stomach and the transverse colon.
How many layers of peritoneum is the Greater omentum composed of?
4 Peritoneal layers
What is the function of the apron like structure?
Wall off infection and inflammation sites
What is the attachment of the Lesser Omentum
Lesser curvature of the stomach and the Duodenum.
What two structures connect the lesser omentum to the Liver
Hepatogastric ligament Hepatoduodenal ligament (portal Triad container)
What is the overall shape of the Mesentery proper and what is its function
It is overall fan shaped and anchors the small intestine to the posterior abdominal wall
What is its span along the small intestine?
Diagonally from the duodenojejunal junction to the ileocecal junction.
What anchors the duodenum?
Suspensory ligament of Trietz
What is the nature of the Suspensory Ligament of Treitz and where does it extend from?
It is a fibromuscular Ligament that descends from the R. crus of the diaphragm. (Crosses over the L. crus)
What are the two portions of the Mesocolon and what do they do?
Transverse mesocolon, anchors the Transverse colon to the posterior wall and the sigmoid mesocolon anchors the sigmoid colon to the posterior wall.