Stomach, Spleen, Liver Flashcards
The stomach is located between which two parts of the gastrointestinal tract?
Esophagus and duodenum
The inferior pyloric region of the stomach crosses to the right of mid-line at which vertebral level?
the first lumbar vertebrae at the transpyloric plane
What are the four parts of the stomach?
Cardia, Fundus, Body and Pylorus
The cardia and the fundus are adjacent to the ________ and deep to the left _______ margin.
Diaphragm and Costal Margin
The angular notch on the lesser curve of the stomach indicates the beginning of the ____?
Plyorus – Which crosses to the right of mid-line and is continuous with duodenum
The lateral diaphragmatic surface of the spleen is lodged and protected in the concavity of the diaphragm between the ____ and ____ ribs
9th and 11th ribs
The visceral surface of the spleen is in relations to which other viscera?
Stomach, Left Kidney and left Colic (Splenic) flexure
Which two ligaments are associated with the spleen?
Lienorenal ligament (Speen to kidney) and Gastrolienal ligament (Spleen to stomach)
What is the orientation of the Lienorenal ligament in relation to the Gastrolienal ligament ?
Gastrolienal ligament is ventral to the Lienorenal ligament
What is contained within the Lienorenal ligament?
the tail of the pancreas and the distal splenic vessels
The celiac arterial trunk arises from the aorta at the level of ?
the upper border of the first lumbar vertebra
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and it is tightly encased by the celiac ganaglia and plexus of the autonomic nervous system
The celiac arterial trunk also arises at the superior border of _______ at the mid-line
Pancreas
What three arterial branches arise from the celiac trunk?
Splenic, Left Gastric and Common Hepatic
What is the path that the Splenic Atery takes to reach the hilum of the spleen?
It follows a “tortuous” horizontal course to the left along the superior border of the pancreas and posterior to the body of the stomach. The tail of the pancreas and the splenic vessels enter the lienorenal ligament to reach the hilum of the spleen
What two sets of branches are given off at the distal end of the splenic artery close to the hilum?
Short Gastric Arteries
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Left Gastroepiploic Artery
Where does the Short Gastric Arteries of the splenic artery go to?
Fundus of the Stomach
Where does the Left Gastroepiploic Artery of the splenic artery go to?
to the greater curvature of the stomach entering via the greater omentum (gastrocolic ligament) at the left end of the greater curvature
What happens with the arterial supply in the gastrocolic ligament?
the left gastroepiploic artery anastomoses with the right gastroepiploic artery and both together then supply the greater curvature of the stomach and greater omentum
The Left Gastric Artery begins________ and must then enter the _______ __________ (hepatogastric ligament) to supply the stomach
retroperitoneal
lesser omentum
When the common hepatic artery reaches the superior surface of the duodenum it divides into which two arteries?
proper hepatic & gastroduodenal
As the proper hepatic artery ascends within the hepatoduodenal ligament, is it on the right or left side of the common bile duct?
left side
What can sometimes, but inconsistently, be the first branch of the proper hepatic artery?
the right gastric artery
The proper hepatic artery divides into ?
right and left hepatic arteries