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The Blood supply to the gut Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 unpaired arteries that supply the gut

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Coeliac (T12)
superior mesenteric artery (L1)
inferior mesenteric artery (L3)

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2
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What supplies the foregut

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coeliac trunk (T12)

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3
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what supplies the midgut

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superior mesenteric artery (L1)

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4
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what supplies the handout

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inferior mesenteric artery (L3)

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What are the other paired abdominal artery

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  • renal
  • gonadal
  • lumbar
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6
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where does the aortic bifurcation happen

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Aortic bifurcation into common iliac happens at L4

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7
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what are the 3 arteries that the coeliac trunk split into

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  • Left gastric
  • Splenic
  • Common hepatic
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describe the left gastric artery

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  • Left gastric artery course around the inferior curvature of the stomach, it also gives of oesophageal arteries as well
  • In terms of the stomach it supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach, it is joined by the right gastric artery
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9
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describe the splenic artery

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  • Goes to the spleen
  • Easily identifiable as it is very torturous – blood pressure in this region is high
  • Course of the splenic artery goes through the stomach
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10
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what does the common hepatic do

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gives a supply to the liver

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11
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what does the common hepatic split into

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splits into the gastroduodenal

splits in the right gastric

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12
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describe what the gasproduodenal splits into

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  • Gastroduodenal gives supraduodenal and superior pancreaticoduodenal
  • Gastroduodenal gives rise the right gastroepiploic this gives blood supply to the great curvature
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13
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what arises from the splenic artery

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the left gastroepiploic comes from the splenic artery

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what does the right gastric supply

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  • The right gastric is the 2nd branch from the common hepatic, supplies lesser curvature and anatomises with the right gastric
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what is the continuation of the common hepatic

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  • Common hepatic carries on as the hepatic artery proper which goes to the liver
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16
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where do the gastric arteries lie

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 Gastric arteries in the lesser omentum

17
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where do the gastroepiploic arteries lie

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  • Gastroepiploic arteries in the greater omentum
18
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what does the superior mesenteric artery supply

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• Supplies the distal duodenum (via inf pancreaticoduodenal a.), jejunum and the ileum (via jejunal & ileal arteries in the mesentery)
• Supplies the ascending and the transverse colon via the ileocolic, the right and the middle colic arteries
- supplies the midgut

19
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how do you tell the difference between the jejunum and ileum

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  • As small intestine goes through the dimateter reduces inside
  • Can identify the two structures based on the blood supply to them
  • The jejunum has longer vasa recta than the ileum, jejunum has greater vascularity
  • In the jejunum there is smaller arterial arcades, as you move down into the ileum they separate out
  • These vessels are contained within the double layer of visceral peritoneum
20
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what are the branches of the superior mesenteric artery

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  • Colic artery
  • right colic
  • ileocolic
  • appendicular
  • marginal arteries
  • jejunal and ill branches - these collectively are called the intestinal arteries
21
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describe what the branches of the superior mesenteric artery supply

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  • Frist main branch is the middle colic artery – this supplies the upper right regions of the large intestine
  • The right colic – supplies to the ascending part of the large intestine
  • The ileocolic – this supplies the ileal where the large intestine and the small intestine meet
  • The appendix is supplied by the appendicular artery, it is suspended by the terminal part of the ileum
  • The superior mesenteric arteries will have the marginal artery these go around the margins
  • The jejunal and ileal branches – collectively these are called the intestinal arteries
22
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what are the inferior mesenteric arteries

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  • Supplies left colic artery
  • Superior rectal artery
  • Sigmoid artery
  • Marginal artery – watershed overlap between SMA and IMA
23
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what is the blood supply to the liver

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  • 75% of blood flow to liver from the hepatic portal system (liver also receives 25% from proper hepatic artery)
24
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what forms the hepatic portal system

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  • Splenic and superior mesenteric veins meet posterior to head of pancreas to form portal vein
  • Inferior mesenteric veins drains to splenic
25
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what is another word for when the portal system and systemic system anatomises

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portocaval

- portal is the portal part of the vein caval is the vena cava

26
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what forms the hepatic portal vein

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  • The splenic vein
  • Inferior mesenteric vein
  • As left gastric vein and the right gastric vein
  • Superior mesenteric vein all form the hepatic portal vein
27
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how does the blood travel in the hepatic system

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  • Hepatic aorta
  • To first capillary bed
  • To hepatic portal vein to 2nd capillary bed
  • Hepatic vein back to the heart
28
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what is used in emergencies

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  • The portocaval anatomise are emergency route only

- Skips the liver and goes straight from the hepatic portal vein into the IVC and into the heart

29
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what are the places where the portal system anatomises

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Oesophageal
rectal
paraumbilical

30
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where is the portal systemic oesophageal anatomise

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portal: oesophageal and gastric, systemic; azygous and then it goes back into the IVC

31
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where is the portal systemic rectal anatomise

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portal: superior rectal vein and systemic: mid and inferior rectal veins

32
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where is the portal systemic paraumbilical anatomise

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portal: paraumbilical veins (fetus ductus venosus) bypasses the liver and goes into the IVC after birth this disappears, it turns into a ligament, if there is a blockage in the ligament in the portal system this ligament can open and give us collateral route, systemic: inferior epigastric veins

33
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what are the two vagal trunks

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  • anterior

- posterior

34
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what is the anterior vagal trunk supplying (continuation of left vagus)

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» gastric branches

» hepatic branch

35
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what does the posterior vagal trunk suppling (continuation of right vagus)

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» gastric branches

» coeliac branch

36
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what is the other vagal supply

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• S2-S4 parasympathetic supply – pelvic splanchnic nerves

37
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describe the sympathetic supply

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  • Postganglionic fibers from the coeliac, superior mesenteric ganglion, or inferior mesenteric ganglion
  • Nerves originate in the spinal segment they synapse in the ganglion and send post ganglionic fibres to other structures
  • Nerves in the abdomen arise from T5 pass through the sympathetic ganglion and go down into the paraaortic ganglions
  • Have a celiac ganglion, SMG, IMG
  • Nerves that go through the spinal ganglion are called sphlanic nerves

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