Posterior Abdominal Organization Flashcards
What ligament splits the liver in two parts anteriorly?
Falciform ligament
What ligament is found on the posterior portion of the falciform ligament?
Ligamentum teres hepatis (round ligament of liver)
Where is the falciform ligament formed from?
Ventral peritoneum (attaches liver to diaphragm)
What is the round ligament a remnant of?
Umbilical vein
What outlines the bare area of the liver?
The coronary ligament
What are the projections of the coronary ligament called?
Left and Right triangular ligament
What keeps the liver in place?
Falciform ligament
Diaphragm
Coronary ligament
IVC
What enters and exits the porta hepatis?
Enter: Hepatic artery
Exit: Haptic ducts (bile)
What lies in the lesser omentum?
Hepatogastric ligament (medially) Hepatoduodenal ligament (laterally)
What ligament is important because it contains many veins arteries and ducts?
Hepatoduodenal ligament
What is the network of the ducts going towards the duodenum?
2 coming from liver to form common hepatic duct meeting with the cystic duct (from gallbladder) creating the common bile duct
What are the four segments of the duodenum?
- ) Superior: duodenal cap; susceptible to ulcers; intraperitoneal; L1
- ) Descending: plicae circulares; transverse colon runs across; major papilla; retroperitoneal; L2
- ) Horizontal: longest; crosses L3; retroperitoneal
- ) Ascending: joining of duodenum and jejunum; lifted by ligament of Trietz; intraperitoneal at ligament
What duct empties the pancreas?
Chief pancreatic duct
What is the Ampulla of Vater?
Where pancreatic juices and bile come together
What is the sphincter of Oddi?
Smooth muscle sphincter that opens when needed for digestion to release bile and pancreatic enzymes
