Session 10 - Gross anatomy of the Peritoneal Cavity Flashcards
With the patient in a supine (lying down - face up) position, where might fluid collect in the abdomen?
Posterior to the liver
What embryological structure forms the ligamentum teres?
Umbilical vein - closes after birth
Where does the base of the appendix lie? (surface marking and internally)
What point?
2/3 of the way along a line drawn from the umbilicus to the anterior superior iliac spine
McBurney’s point
Which parts of the bowel have a mesentery?
6 things
The first 1cm of duodenum Jejunum Ilium Transverse colon Sigmoid colon Appendix
What structures form the portal triad?
Hepatic portal vein
Bile duct
Hepatic artery
The greater and lesser omentum are sheets of tissue composed of what 5 things?
Peritoneum Fat Blood vessels Lymphatics Nerves
Where does the greater omentum attach? (2 places)
Greater curvature of the stomach
Posterior abdominal wall
Where does the lesser omentum attach?
Lesser curvature of the stomach and the liver
What does the free edge of the lesser omentu, consist of? and where does this enter into?
Portal triad
Porta hepatis
Describe the location of the small bowel in the abdomen
Where does the jejunum lie towards?
And the ileum?
Centrally in the abdomen
(Large lies peripherally)
Jej - Left upper abdomen
Ili - Right lower abdomen
Where does the terminal part of the ilium joins the caecum?
Right iliac fossa
Which is first
Jejunum or Ilium
Jejunum
