The Abdomen Flashcards
What is the peritoneum
Serous membrane forming the lining of the abdominal cavity
What communicates through the peritoneum in the female
The uterine tube (peritoneum fully enclosed in the male)
What is connecting peritoneum
Double sheets of peritoneum extending between organs or connecting them to parietal peritoneum
What organ is found in the retroperitoneum
The kidneys
What is the most specialized serous fold in the body
The greater omentum
What is the epiploic foramen
An opening into the omental bursa
Name 3 parts of the duodenum
Descending, caudal flexure and ascending
What are the 2 peritoneal attachments of the duodenum
Mesoduodenum and duodenocolic fold
Where can the antimesenteric blood vessels be found
The ileum
What lobes of the liver is associated with the gall bladder
Quadrate lobe and right medial lobe
What are the two lobes of the pancreas
Left (greater curvature) and right (duodenum)
Where does the right kidney sit
More cranial, between L1-L3
In which lobe of the liver is the renal fossa
The caudate process of the caudate lobe
Where is the bladder found
The floor of the pelvic inlet
Where are the adrenal glands found in respect to the kindeys
Craniomedially
Proper ligament attachment
Ovary to uterus
Suspensory ligament attachment
Ovary to last rib
Broad ligament attachment
Body wall to uterus
Round ligament attachment
Ovary to vaginal process (runs through inguinal rings)
Lumbar a.a. supply…
Vertebral canal, epaxial muscles and dorsal skin
Phrenicoabdominal a.a. supply…
Diaphragm, abdominal wall
Deep circumflex iliac a.a. supply…
Abdominal wall
External iliac a.a. supply…
Hindlimb, abdominal wall
Internal iliac a.a. supply…
Muscles over the ilium
3 branches of the celiac artery
Hepatic, splenic and gastric
Hepatic a.a. supplies…
Liver, pancreas
Splenic a. supplies…
Spleen
Gastric a. supplies…
Stomach, pancreas, omenta
Cranial mesenteric a. supplies…
Duodenum, pancreas, jejunum, ileum, caecum and colon
Caudal mesenteric a. supplies…
Descending colon, rectum
What veins don’t flow directly into the caudal vena cava
Unpaired veins
What drains all parts of the GI tract into the liver
Portal vein
Where does the left testicular/ovarian vein drain
Into the left renal vein
What are the 5 pairs of mammary glands
2 thoracic, 2 abdominal and 1 inguinal
