Stomach, Liver, Biliary Ducts, Spleen And Celiac Trunk Flashcards
What regions of the abdomen is the stomach located?
Left hypochondriac, epigastric and umbilical regions
3 functions of the stomach
- Stores food
- Mixes food with gastric secretions to form semi-fluid mass (chyme)
- Controls rate of delivery of chyme to small intestine
2 borders of the stomach and their location
Lesser curvature- shorter and on the right
Greater curvature- longer and on the left
What is the incisura angularis?
Indentation in lower part of lesser curvature
Stomach as two orifices. Name them
Cardial and pyloric
Cardial orifice:
- Location
- Function
- Sphincter?
- Major anti-reflux mechanism?
- Indentation between left border of esophagus and fundus of stomach
- Communicates esophagus with stomach
- No (backflow is controlled by sphincter on esophagus)
- Tonic contractions of smooth muscle in wall of lower esophagus/circle fibers of esophageal hiatus of diaphragm
Pyloric orifice
- Function
- Sphincter?
- Formed by?
- Communicates stomach with duodenum
- Yes, pyloric sphincter
- Thickening of circular muscle layer of stomach
4 parts of the stomach and their location
Cardia- immediately adjacent to cardial orifice
Fundus- (dome shaped), upper part of stomach— usually full of gas
Body- extends from level of cardial notch to level of angular notch
Pyloric part- (funnel shaped), extends from angular notch to pyloric orifice — proximal wider part is pyloric antrum; distal, narrower part is pyloric canal
4 anterior relations of the stomach
Anterior abdominal wall, left costal margin, diaphragm, and left lobe of liver
7 posterior relations of the stomach (5 organs, 1 artery, 1 gland)
Diaphragm, spleen, upper part of left kidney, pancreas, transverse mesocolon, splenic artery and left suprarenal gland
Lesser omentum gives off what two ligaments
Hepatogastric ligament (wider and thinner) and hepatoduodenumal ligament
What does the hepatogastric ligament connect
Extends from liver to lesser curvature of the stomach
What does the hepatoduodenumal ligament connect
Extends from liver to first part of the duodenum
Where are the muscles that form the stomach bed located?
Small recess of peritoneal cavity called the omental bursa/lesser sac
Greater omentum is located between
Anterior abdominal wall and loops of small intestine
What is the transverse mesocolon is made from?
Structural function?
Fold of peritoneum
It is how the transverse colon is attached to posterior abdominal wall
Abdominal Aorta
- Begins at what level?
- Runs between?
- Terminates at what level?
- T12
- Lumbar vertebrae and parietal peritoneum (retroperitoneal structure) and to left of IVC
- L4 by dividing into right and left common iliac arteries
Before abdominal aorta divides it gives off branches. Branches are divided into what 4 groups?
Visceral branches: paired and unpaired
Parietal branches: paired and unpaired
Name the 3 unpaired visceral branches
Originate from where on abdominal aorta?
Supply?
Celiac trunk, superior and inferior mesenteric artery
Anterior aspect
GI tract
Name the 3 paired visceral branches
Middle suprarenal arteries, renal arteries and gonadal (testicular/ovarian) arteries
Name the 1 unpaired parietal branch?
Median sacral artery
Name the 2 paired parietal branches?
Inferior phrenic arteries and lumbar arteries (4 pairs)
Unpaired visceral artery: Celiac trunk
- Originates from?
- Where does it lie?
- (Immediately) Divides into what 3 branches
- Abdominal aorta at T12 (or upper body of L1)
- Posterior to stomach and lesser sac
- Left gastric artery, splenic artery, and common hepatic artery
Left gastric artery ~1. Smallest branch of ? 2. Location of where it passes 3. Gives off what branches? 4. Anastomoses with ?
- Celiac trunk
- Superiorly and to the left toward cardial region of stomach, posterior to lesser sac, branches, then descends along lesser curvature of stomach
- Esophageal branches (passes through esophageal hiatus of diaphragm to supply lower part of esophagus)
- Right gastric artery
Splenic artery ~1. Branch of? 2. Where does it run? 3. Enters what ligament, where? 4. 4 branches of splenic artery?
- Celiac trunk
- To the left along superior border of pancreas, posterior to stomach and lesser sac
- Enters splenorenal ligament upon reaching the left kidney and runs to hilum of spleen
- Left gastroepiploic (gastroomental) artery, short gastric arteries, numerous pancreatic branches, and terminal branches
Splenic artery branches locations
- Left gastroepiploic
- Short gastric arteries
- Terminal branches
- Originates near hilum of spleen, reaches greater curvature of stomach in gastrosplenic ligament and runs along greater curvature (left to right) - anastomoses with right gastroepiploic artery
- Originates near hilum of spleen, reaches stomach in gastrosplenic ligament and supplies fundus of stomach
- Originates near hilum of spleen
Common hepatic artery
~1. Branch of
2. Course and where it divides/what it divides into
- Celiac trunk
- Runs anteriorly and to the right to reach superior aspect of duodenum, where it divides into proper hepatic artery and gastroduodenal artery
Proper hepatic artery ~1. Branch of 2. Course? 3. Location within lesser omentum? 4. Usually gives rise to what artery? What is its course?
- Common hepatic artery
- Ascends between 2 layers of hepatoduodenal ligament toward hilum of liver (porta hepatis), divides into right and left branches that enter liver through porta hepatis. ~right branch usually gives off cystic artery
- Anterior to hepatic portal vein and to the left of common bile duct
- Right gastric artery; descends to pyloric end of stomach, runs to left along lesser curvature of stomach and anastomoses with left gastric artery