Stomach Flashcards
Volume of stomach at birth is… and … at puberty
30
1000
Holds 2 to 3 liters of food in adults
Stomach mixes food together with gastric juices to form semi solid substance called
Chyme
Stomach extends from …
Left hypochondrium and flank through epigastrium to umbilical regions
Gastric esophageal junction found where
Left of midline at level of t11
Gastro duodenal junction is at…
Right of midline level with l1 along transpyloric plane
2 fixed portions of the stomach
Cardia and pylorus
Junction between body and pyloric parts marked by indentation called
Angular incisure
Left and right Relations of the stomach
Lesser and greater omenta
Anterior relations
Diaphragm, Left lobe of liver, anterior abdominal wall
Posterior relations of stomach
Left dome of diaphragm, spleen, left kidney and suprarenal gland, splenic artery, pancreas, transverse mesocolon and colon, omental bursa(extension of abdominal cavity. Aka lesser sac)
Space behind stomach called stomach bed
Blood supply to the stomach?
Branches of coeliac trunk(blood vessel for foregut?
Left gastric and right gastric arteries
Short gastric arteries(six) from splenic artery
Left and right gastroepiploic arteries
Accompanying vein to portal vein or splenic v and superior mesenteric tributaries
Lymphatic drainage of stomach?
All drain into Coeliac nodes eventually
Right and left gastric nodes(lesser curvature)
Left upper drains into left gastroepiploic(fundus)
Rest of greater curvature drain along right gastroepiploic
Nerve supply
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