Stomach Flashcards
Parts of the stomach
- cardia
- fundus
- body
- pylorus - antrum and canal
The sharp indentation that approximate the junction of the body and pyloric part of the stomach
angular incisure
Location of cardiac orifice
posterior to 6th left costal cartilage
T10 or T11
Location of the fundus
5th left rib in MCL
Location of greater curvature
as far as 10th left costal cartilage
Location of pyloric antrum
9th costal cartilage
L1
location of pyloric canal
L2 to L4 vertebrae
Largest arterial supply to the stomach
left gastric
Artery that supplies the fundus of the stomach
Short gastric
Supplies lesser curvature of stomach
Left gastric - celiac
Right gastric - hepatic
Supplies greater curvature of stomach
Left gastroepiploic - splenic
Right gastroepiploic - gastroduodenal
supplies fundus of stomach
short gastric - splenic
Venous drainage of stomach
- right and left gastric vein - portal vein
- left gastroepiploic and shor gastric - splenic vein
- right gastroepiploic - SMV
Nerve supply to the stomach
Parasympathetic - vagal trunk
Sympathetic - T6 to T9
most common location of ulcer in the stomach
body of stomach along the lessser curvature above the incisura angularis
