Stomach Flashcards
What is the location of the stomach
Expanded part of alimentary tract between the esophagus and small intestine.
What can cause a change in shape of the abdomen
different body types, diaphragmatic movements, stomach contents, position of the person.
How much can a stomach hold
2-3 L of food
What is the size of a newborn stomach
30ml
Functions of the stomach
-accumulation of ingested food -chemically and mechanically prepares food for digestion -enzymatic digestion - creates chyme
What is Chyme?
is a semi-liquid mixture created from the breakdown of food by gastric juices
What are the four parts of the stomach
Cardia Fundus Body Pyloric part
What is the cardia?
the part of the stomach surrounding the cardial orifice
What is the fundus of the heart?
-dilated superior part that is related to the left dome of the diaphragm - between the esophagus and the fundus.
Which level does the fundus reach?
the 5th intercostal space
What could cause dilation of the fundus?
gas, fluid, food or a combination of the three
Describe the location of the body of the stomach?
major part of stomach between fundus and pyloric antrum
What are the two parts of the pyloric area of the stomach?
funnel-shaped - Pyloric antrum (wide part) - Pyloric canal (narrow part)
What is responsible for controlling discharge of gastric contents? How could you identify it?
The phylorus - thickening of circular layer of smooth muscle.
What initiates emptying of the stomach?
Intragastric pressure greater than resistance of pylorus
What is the position of the stomach when the pyloric orifice is reduced?
tonically contracted
When is the chyme passed through the pyloric canal and orifice into small intestine?
irregular intervals
What causes chyme to pass through the pyloric canal?
gastric peristalis
What are the two curvatures of the stomach?
lesser curvature - shorter concave boarder which has the ANGULAR INCISURE at 2/3 the distance. greater curvature - longer convex border of the stomach
What is the name of the junction between body and the pyloric part of the stomach?
Angular incisure
What is the stomach covered in?
a continuous mucus layer that protects it surface from the gastric contents
What happens when the gastric mucosa is contracted?
forms gastric folds or gastric rugae, longitudinal ridges.
Where are gastric folds more prominent and when do they disappear?
More prominent: pyloric part and along greater curvature. Less prominent: stomach distention
What is a gastric canal (furrow)?
temporarily formed fold on the lesser curvature of the stomach during swallowing do to the longitudinal gastric folds.
What do gastic canals form on the lesser curvature?
There is a firm attachment of the gastric mucosa to the muscular layer.
Which layer of the stomach does not have an oblique layer?
lesser fold
What passes to the stomach when the stomach is empty?
saliva and small amounts of masticated foods and fluids.
Where is the stomach not covered in peritoneum?
where blood vessesl run along curvature small area posterior to cardial orifice
Describe the anterior location of the stomach.
diaphyragm, left lobe of liver anterior abdominal wall
Describe the posterior location of the stomach.
related to the omental bursa and pancrease
What does the posterior surface of the stomach form?
anterior wall of the omental bursa
Describe from superior to inferior the formation of the stomach bed.
- left dome of the diaphragm
- spleen
- left kidney
- suprarenal gland
- splenic artery
- pancreas
- transverse mesocolon colon