Stomach, Spleen, Liver (Gray's) Flashcards
What is positioned between the abdominal esophagus and the small intestine?
Stomach
What 3 abdominal regions can the stomach be found in?
epigastric, umbilical, and left hypochondrium
What most distal part of the stomach containes a thickened ring of gastric circular muscle?
pyloric sphincter
Describe the location of the pyloric orifice?
Its located just to the right of the midline in the transpyloric plane (through L1)
What area surrounds the opening of the esophagus to the stomach?
The cardia
What area of the stomach is superior to the cariac orifice?
Fundus
What is the largest region of the stomach?
the body
What two things make up the pyloric part of the stomach?
- Pyloric antrum
- Pyloric canal
What attaches to the greater curvature of the stomach?
- Gastrosplenic ligament
2. greater omentum
What attaches to the lesser curvature of the stomach?
Lesser omentum
What is the arterial blood supply to the stomach?
- Left Gastric Artery (from celiac trunk)
- Right Gastric Artery (from Hepatic a. proper)
- Right Gastro-Omental Artery (from gastroduodenal a.)
- Left Gastro-Omental a. (from splenic a.)
- Posterior Gastric a. (from splenic a.)
In what quadrant of the abdomin is the spleen located in?
Left upper quadrant
T or F: the spleen lies on the diaphragmatic surface deep to ribs 9-11.
True
What connects the spleen to the stomach and what is contained in this structure?
- Gastrosplenic Ligament
Contains:
- Short gastric vessels
- Gastro-omental vessels
Besides the stomach what other structure is the spleen attached to?
- Left kidney via splenorenal ligament
Splenorenal ligament contains:
1. Splenic vessels
What is the arterial supply to the spleen?
Splenic artery from the celiac trunk
What is the entry point for the splenic vessels?
Splenic Hilum
What 3 facets are located on the visceral surface of the spleen?
- Gastric
- Colic
- Renal