Stomach

Question 1

Is the stomach intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal?

Answer 1

Intraperitoneal

Question 2

Which region of the abdomen is the stomach primarily located?

Answer 2

Epigastric region

Question 3

How many sphincters does the stomach have?

Answer 3

2

Question 4

What are the 2 sphincters of the stomach?

Answer 4

1. Inferior oseophageal sphincter

2. Pyloric sphincter

Question 5

Function of rugae on interior surface of stomach?

Answer 5

Increase surface area

Question 6

At what vertebral level is the inferior oseophageal sphincter?

Answer 6

T11

Question 7

Main function of stomach

Answer 7

Acidic and mechanical digestion

Question 8

Gastric juice concerts a mass of food into what?

Answer 8

Chyme

Question 9

Name the 4 parts of the stomach?

Answer 9

1. Cardia
2. Fundus
3. Body
4. Pylorus

Question 10

Name the 2 curvatures of the stomach?

Answer 10

1. Greater curvature

2. Lesser curvature

Question 11

Surrounds the cardial orifice

Answer 11

Cardia

Question 12

Opening of the oseophagus into the stomach

Answer 12

Cardial orifice

Question 13

Superior part of the stomach which may be dilated by gas, fluid or food

Answer 13

Fundus

Question 14

Which structure is between the oseophagus and fundus?

Answer 14

Cardial notch

Question 15

Central portion which lies between the fundus and pyloric antrum

Answer 15

Body

Question 16

Connects the stomach to the duodenum. Comprised of 3 parts.

Answer 16

Pylorus

Question 17

What are the 3 parts of the pylorus?

Answer 17

Pyloric antrum, Pyloric Canal and Pyloric Sphincter

Question 18

Lies between the pylorus and first part of duodenum. It controls the exit of chyme from the stomach into the duodenum

Answer 18

Pyloric sphincter

Question 19

When intragastric pressure overcomes the resistance of the pylorus, the stomach does what?

Answer 19

Empties its contents into the duodenum

Question 20

What forms the cardiac notch?

Answer 20

Greater curvature

Question 21

Where does the greater curvature start and finish from?

Answer 21

Starts at cardiac notch and ends at pyloric antrum

Question 22

What indictaes the junction of the body and pyloric region?

Answer 22

Lesser curvature

Question 23

Which ligament attaches at the lesser curvature?

Answer 23

Hepatogastric ligament

Question 24

Generally, what is the blood supply of the stomach?

Answer 24

Coeliac trunk

Question 25

What are the 3 main branches of the coeliac trunk?

Answer 25

1. Splenic artery 2. Left gastric artery 3. Common hepatic artery

Question 26

Which smaller branches of the coeliac trunk supplies the stomach?

Answer 26

1. Right gastric artery 2. Left gastric artery 3. Left gastro-omental artery 4. Right gastro-omental artery

Question 27

Which branch of the coeliac trunk does the right gastric artery originate from?

Answer 27

Common hepatic artery

Question 28

Which arterial branch supplying the stomach comes directly from the coeliac trunk?

Answer 28

Left gastric artery

Question 29

Which branch of the coeliac trunk does the right gastro-omental artery originate from?

Answer 29

Gastroduodenal artery (which arises from the common hepatic artery)

Question 30

Which branch of the coeliac trunk does the left gastro-omental artery originate from?

Answer 30

Splenic artery

Question 31

Where do the right and left gastric arteries anastomose?

Answer 31

Along the lesser curvature of the stomach

Question 32

Where do the right and left gastro-omental arteries anastomose?

Answer 32

Along the greater curvature of the stomach

Question 33

What are the 5 veins that are responsible for the venous drainage of the stomach?

Answer 33

1. Right gastric vein 2. Left gastric vein 3. Short gastric vein 4. Left gastro-omental vein 5. Right gastro-omental vein

Question 34

Which veins drain into the hepatic portal vein?

Answer 34

Right and left gastric vein

Question 35

Which veins drain into the superior mesenteric vein?

Answer 35

Short gastric, left and right gastro-omental veins

Question 36

Parasympathetic innervation of the stomach

Answer 36

Anterior and posterior vagal trunks

Question 37

Where do the anterior and posterior vagal trunks originate from?

Answer 37

Vagal nerve

Question 38

Sympathetic innervation of the stomach

Answer 38

rises from T6-T9 spinal cord segments and passes to the coeliac plexus via the greater splanchnic nerve

Question 39

Lymphatic drainage of the stomach

Answer 39

Gastric and gastro-omental lymph nodes drain into the coeliac lymph nodes

Question 40

Where are the gastric lymph nodes found?

Answer 40

Lesser curvature

Question 41

Where are the gastro-omental lymph nodes found?

Answer 41

Greater curvature

Question 42

What is used to help detect abnormalities on an x-ray?

Answer 42

Contrast medium of barium sulphate