The Abdomen Part 3 Flashcards
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?
Pancreas
What portion of the pancreas lies in the curvature of the duodenum?
Head
What is the central elongated portion of the pancreas extending toward the left lateral abdominal wall?
Body
What portion of the pancreas approaches the spleen?
Tail
What structure within the pancreas drains pancreatic juice and bicarbonate to the duodenum?
Pancreatic duct
What are ductless glands whose products are secreted directly into the blood?
Endocrine glands
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?
Hormones
What is the study of the endocrine system?
Endocrinology
What characteristics of endocrine glands ensures that their products enter the bloodstream immediately?
They are highly vascular
What is a heterocrine gland?
A gland that performs both exocrine and endocrine functions
What are the clusters of endocrine cells of the pancreas?
Pancreatic islets
The pancreas produces what hormones to regulate blood glucose levels?
•Insulin
•glucagon
What system of ducts carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum?
Biliary apparatus
What structures drain bile from the left and right lobes of the liver?
Left and right hepatic ducts
Structures draining the right and left lobes of the liver merge to form what structure?
Common hepatic duct
What structure carries bile to and from the gallbladder?
Cystic duct
The union of the cystic duct and common hepatic duct forms what structure?
Common bile duct
What is the enlargement in the posterior abdominal Wall where the common bile duct and pancreatic duct merge?
Hepatopancreatic ampulla
Bile and pancreatic juice enter the duodenum via what structure?
Major duodenal papilla
How many adrenal glands are there?
Two
Where are the adrenal glands located?
On the superior surface of each kidney
What are the two parts of the adrenal glands?
•Adrenal cortex
•Adrenal medulla
The adrenal cortex produces what group of hormones?
Corticosteroids:
•Aldosterone
•Cortisol
•DHEA
The adrenal medulla is a part of what portion of the nervous system?
Sympathetic division of the ANS
The adrenal medulla produces what hormones?
•Adrenaline
•Norepinephrine