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The Abdomen Part 3 Flashcards

1
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What retroperitoneal organ has both exocrine and endocrine functions and extends horizontally from the edge of the duodenum toward the left side abdominal cavity touching the spleen?

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Pancreas

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What portion of the pancreas lies in the curvature of the duodenum?

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Head

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3
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What is the central elongated portion of the pancreas extending toward the left lateral abdominal wall?

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Body

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4
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What portion of the pancreas approaches the spleen?

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Tail

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5
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What structure within the pancreas drains pancreatic juice and bicarbonate to the duodenum?

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Pancreatic duct

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6
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What are ductless glands whose products are secreted directly into the blood?

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Endocrine glands

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7
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What are regulatory chemicals secreted directly into the blood by the ductless glands and carried to target cells that respond by an alteration of the metabolism?

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Hormones

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8
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What is the study of the endocrine system?

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Endocrinology

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What characteristics of endocrine glands ensures that their products enter the bloodstream immediately?

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They are highly vascular

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10
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What is a heterocrine gland?

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A gland that performs both exocrine and endocrine functions

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11
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What are the clusters of endocrine cells of the pancreas?

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Pancreatic islets

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12
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The pancreas produces what hormones to regulate blood glucose levels?

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•Insulin
•glucagon

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13
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What system of ducts carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum?

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Biliary apparatus

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14
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What structures drain bile from the left and right lobes of the liver?

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Left and right hepatic ducts

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Structures draining the right and left lobes of the liver merge to form what structure?

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Common hepatic duct

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16
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What structure carries bile to and from the gallbladder?

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Cystic duct

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17
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The union of the cystic duct and common hepatic duct forms what structure?

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Common bile duct

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18
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What is the enlargement in the posterior abdominal Wall where the common bile duct and pancreatic duct merge?

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Hepatopancreatic ampulla

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19
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Bile and pancreatic juice enter the duodenum via what structure?

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Major duodenal papilla

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20
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How many adrenal glands are there?

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Two

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21
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Where are the adrenal glands located?

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On the superior surface of each kidney

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22
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What are the two parts of the adrenal glands?

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•Adrenal cortex
•Adrenal medulla

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23
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The adrenal cortex produces what group of hormones?

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Corticosteroids:
•Aldosterone
•Cortisol
•DHEA

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24
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The adrenal medulla is a part of what portion of the nervous system?

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Sympathetic division of the ANS

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25
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The adrenal medulla produces what hormones?

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•Adrenaline
•Norepinephrine

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26
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What specialty in medicine focuses on the urinary system?

27
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What are the organs of the urinary system?

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•Kidneys
•Ureters
•Urinary bladder
•Urethra

28
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What are the organs of the urinary tract?

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•Ureters
•Urinary bladder
•Urethra

29
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In relation to the peritoneum, what is the position of the kidneys?

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Retroperitoneal

30
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Where is the kidneys located?

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Superior pole:T12
Inferior pole:L3

31
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Which kidney is lower than the other?

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Right kidney

32
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In what part of a kidney do the vessels, nerves, and ureters connect to it?

33
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What internal space of a kidney houses the renal arteries, renal veins, lymphatic vessels, nerves, the renal pelvis, renal calyces, and fat?

A

Renal sinus

34
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What layer of dense irregular connective tissue covers the outer surface of the kidney maintaining its shape, protecting it from trauma, and preventing the spread of infectious pathogens?

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Fibrous renal capsule

35
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What layer of lipid filled cells completely surrounds the kidney and offers cushioning and insulation?

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Perinephric fat or adipose capsule

36
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In a coronal section what is the outer granular layer?

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Renal cortex

37
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In a coronal section what is the darker inner layer?

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Renal medulla

38
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What are the triangular shaped structures within the darker, inner layer of a kidney seen in coronal section?

A

Renal pyramids

39
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In the darker, inner layer of a kidney seen in a coronal section what structures lay between the triangular shaped structures?

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Renal columns

40
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What part of a renal pyramid projects into the renal sinus?

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Renal papilla

41
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What funnel-shaped structure attaches to a renal pyramid to collect urine?

A

Minor calyx

42
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The funnel shaped structures attached to the renal pyramids within the renal sinus merge to form what still larger structures?

A

Major calyces

43
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What large funnel shaped structure within the renal sinus collects urine and delivers it to the ureter?

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Renal pelvis

44
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What is the main blood supply to the kidney?

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Renal artery

45
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What vein drains the kidney?

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Renal veins

46
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What long fibromuscular tubes conduct urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder?

47
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What is the location of the ureters?

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Retroperitoneal

48
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What rhythmic movements of smooth muscle propel urine along the length of a ureter?

A

Peristalsis

49
Q

Pain from a ureter is projected to what dermatomes?

A

T11-L2 (loin-groin)

50
Q

From what regions of the CNS does the sympathetic division arise?

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The lateral horns of the T1-L12 regions of the spinal cord

51
Q

What sympathetic ganglia lie on the left and right sides of the vertebral column from T1-L2?

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Sympathetic trunk

52
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What specific regions of the spinal cord house the cell bodies of the parasympathetic division of the ANS?

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Lateral gray regions of the S2-S4 spinal cord segments

53
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What does splanchnic mean?

54
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What is a plexus?

A

Braid- interwoven networks of nerves or blood vessels

55
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What structures are composed of preganglionic axons that do not synapse in a sympathetic trunk ganglion?

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Splanchnic nerves

56
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Splanchnic nerves of the sympathetic division of the ANS terminate in what structures?

A

Prevertebral ganglia

57
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Splanchnic nerves of the sympathetic division of the ANS terminate in what structures?

A

Prevertebral ganglia

58
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What pathway is Postganglionic axon within if it passes through the sympathetic trunk ganglia without synapsing and extends to the prevertebral ganglia?

A

Splanchnic nerve pathway

59
Q

What pathway in the sympathetic division goes to the adrenal medulla?

A

Adrenal medulla pathway

60
Q

What are collections of sympathetic Postganglionic axons, as well as some visceral sensory axons?

A

Autonomic plexuses

61
Q

What structures are singular rather than paired are anterior to the vertebral column and are located only in the abdominal cavity?

A

Prevertebral ganglia

62
Q

List the three Prevertebral ganglia?

A

•Celiac ganglion
•Superior mesenteric ganglion
•Inferior mesenteric ganglion

63
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What nerves carry fibers of the parasympathetic division of the ANS through the pelvis?

A

Pelvic splanchnic nerves

64
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The lumbar plexus arises from the anterior rami of what spinal nerves?

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