Peritoneum, Omentum, Esophagus and Stomach Flashcards
What supplies the abdominal wall of the hypochondriac region, anterolateral, and diaphragm?
- superior epigastric a
- musculophrenic a off internal thoracic
What supplies the lateral abdominal wall?
10th and 11th posterior intercostal and subcostal off the abdominal aorta
What supplies the inferior rectus abdominis and medial part of the anterolateral abdominal wall and iliacus muscle and inferior part of the anterolateral part of the abdominal wall?
- inferior epigastric a
- deep circumflex iliac a off of external iliac artery
What supplies the superficial abdominal wall of inguinal region and adjacent anterior thigh and subcutaneous tissue and skin over pubic and inferior umbilical region?
- superficial circumflex iliac a.
- superficial epigastric a. off femoral a.
How many sources of blood are their to the abdominal wall?
4
What is the venous drainage of the abdominal wall superior to the umbilicus?
internal mammary, intercostal, and lateral thoracic veins
What do the veins of the abdominal wall superior to the umbilicus drain into?
SVC
What is the venous drainage of the abdominal wall inferior to the umbilicus?
superficial epigastric and circumflex iliac veins
What forms the thoraco-epigastric vein?
venous anastomosis between the superficial epigastric vein and lateral thoracic veins
What provides a potential collateral pathway for blood normally draining via the IVC to return to the heart via the SVC when the IVC is blocked?
thoraco-epigastric vein
Anything above T10 is going to drain into what?
the axillary region
What do the superficial vessels of the abdominal wall accompany?
the subcutaneous veins
Superficial lymphatic vessels superior to the umbilicus drain mainly to what?
axillary lymph nodes
Superficial lymphatic vessels inferior to the umbilicus drain into what?
superficial inguinal lymph nodes
The deep lymphatic vessels of the abdominal wall accompany the deep veins and drain into what?
external iliac, common iliac, and lumbar lymph nodes
What does the first lumbar nerve bifurcate into?
- iliohypogastric nerves
- ilioinguinal nerves
Which nerves do not enter the rectus sheath?
- iliohypogastric nerve
- ilioinguinal nerve
What nerve pierces the external oblique aponeurosis superior to the superficial inguinal ring?
iliohypogastric nerve
What nerve passes through the inguinal canal to emerge through the superficial inguinal ring?
ilioinguinal nerve
The iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerves supply branches to what muscles?
internal oblique and transversus abdominis muscles
What does the foregut span from?
pharynx to hepatopancreatic ampulla (sphincter)
What artery supplies the foregut?
celiac artery
What region is epigastric pain associated with?
foregut
What does the midgut span from?
hepatopancreatic ampulla (sphincter) to 2/3 transverse colon
What is the blood supply to the midgut?
SMA
What region is associated with periumbilical pain
midgut
What does the hindgut span from?
1/3 transverse colon to the anal canal
What is the blood supply to the hindgut?
IMA
What region is hypogastric pain associated with?
hindgut
What develops independently to the GIT?
the spleen
What vertebral level spinal nerve supplies the celiac trunk?
T12
What vertebral level spinal nerve supplies the superior mesentaric artery?
L1
What vertebral level spinal nerve supplies the inferior mesenteric artery?
L3
What is a transparent serous membrane that consists of two continuous layers?
the peritoneum
What are the two layers of the peritoneum?
- parietal peritoneum
- visceral peritoneum
What is a double layer of parietal peritoneum that secretes serous fluid, providing lubrication and decreasing the friction between abdominal organs?
mesentery
What does the connective tissue of the mesentery contain?
- lymph vessels
- nerves
- arteries
- veins
What do the vessels in the mesentery create?
a pathway between the abdominal wall and internal organs
What is responsible for holding the abdominal organs in place?
mesentery
What is the double layer of parietal peritoneum between organs?
omentum
What connects the stomach to the colon and hangs from the stomach to keep the intestines warm?
greater omentum
What is composed of mostly fatty tissues and contains macrophages which help fight infections?
greater omentum
What connects the stomach and liver?
lesser omentum
What invests viscera organs such as the spleen and stomach?
visceral peritoneum
What is the anatomical space located behind the abdominal or peritoneal cavity?
retroperitoneum
What type of organs are not in direct continuation with the food pathway?
accessory digestive organs
What is a potential space of capillary thinness between the parietal and visceral layers of peritoneum?
peritoneal cavity
What contains a thin film of peritoneal fluid that keeps the peritoneal surfaces moist?
peritoneal cavity
What enables the viscera to move over each other without friction and allowing the movements of digestion?
peritoneal fluid
What does the peritoneal fluid contain?
leukocytes and antibodies that resist infection
What organs are considered intraperitoneal organs?
- stomach
- first part of duodenum
- jejunum
- ileum
- cecum and appendix
- transverse colon
- sigmoid colon
- upper third of rectum
- liver
- tail of pancreas
- spleen
What are other abdominal organs that develop behind the peritoneum and are not suspended in the peritoneal cavity?
retroperitoneal organs
What organs are considered retroperitoneal organs?
- kidneys
- ureters
- suprarenal glands
- inferior 2/3rds of the rectum
What is completely closed in males?
the peritoneal cavity
What has a communication pathway in females to the exterior of the body through the uterine tubes, uterine cavity, and vagina?
the peritoneal cavity
Because there is communication to the exterior of the female body in the peritoneal cavity, this creates a potential pathway of what?
infection from the exterior
In women, the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and gonadal blood vessels are located where?
in the intraperitoneum
What is the mnemonic for retroperitoneal organs?
SAD PUCKER (suprarenal glands, aorta and IVC, duodenum, pancreas, ureters, ascending/descending colon, kidneys, esophagus, rectum)
What suspends much of the small intestines from the posterior abdominal wall?
mesentery
What consists of a double layer of peritoneum that connects an organ with another organ or the abdominal wall?
peritoneal ligament
What connects the liver to the anterior abdominal wall?
falciform ligament
What is the double layered extension of peritoneum passing from the stomach and proximal part of the duodenum to the adjacent organs?
omentum
What extends superiorly, laterally to the left, and inferiorly from the greater curvature of the stomach and the proximal part of the duodenum?
greater omentum
What are the 3 parts of the greater omentum?
- gastrophrenic ligament
- gastrosplenic ligament
- gastrocolic ligament
What is found between the greater curvature of the stomach and the diaphragm?
gastrophrenic ligament
What is found between the greater curvature of the stomach and the spleen?
gastrosplenic ligament
What is the largest part of the greater omentum, descending anteriorly and inferiorly beyond the transverse colon and the superior layer of its mesentery?
gastrocolic ligament