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Upper GI Tract Flashcards

1
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Anatomical relation:

Structures superior to the stomach

A

Oesophagus and left dome of the diaphragm

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Anatomical relation:

Structures anterior to the stomach

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Diaphragm, greater omentum, anterior abdominal wall, left lobe of liver, gall bladder

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Anatomical relation:

Structures posterior to the stomach

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Lesser sac, pancreas, left kidney, left adrenal gland, spleen, splenic artery, transverse mesocolon

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What structure is present at the junction between oesophagus and stomach

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Inferior oesophageal sphincter

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What structure is present between the pylorus and duodenum

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Pyloric sphincter

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The … contains smooth muscle to limit the discharge of stomach contents through the orifice

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Pyloric sphincter

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The arterial supply of the stomach comes from the … and its branches

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Coeliac trunk

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Vasculature:

Anastomoses form along the lesser curvature of the stomach by the … and …

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Right and left gastric arteries

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Vasculature:

Anastomoses form along the greater curvature of the stomach by the … and …

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Right and left gastro-omental arteries

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Vasculature:

The right gastric artery is a branch of the … arising from the …

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Common hepatic artery

Coeliac trunk

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Vasculature:

The left gastric artery arises directly from the …

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Coeliac trunk

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Vasculature:

The right gastro-omental artery is the terminal branch of the … which arises from the …

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Gastroduodenal artery

Common hepatic artery

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Vasculature:

The left gasto-omental artery is a branch of the … which arises from the …

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Splenic artery

Coeliac trunk

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Vasculature:

The right and left gastric veins drain into the …

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Hepatic portal vein

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Vasculature:

The short gastric vein and left and right gastro-omental veins ultimately drain into the …

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Superior mesenteric vein

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Innervation of the stomach

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Vagus nerve

Coeliac plexus

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The gastric lymphatic vessels travel with the arteries along the curvatures. Lymph drains into the … and … nodes, which are connected to the … nodes on the posterior abdominal wall

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Gastric and gastro-omental

Coeliac

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What are the 4 parts of the duodenum (in order moving away from stomach)?

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Superior, descending, inferior, ascending

19
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Blood supply to the duodenum proximal of the major duodenal papilla

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Gastroduodenal artery

20
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Blood supply to the duodenum distal of the major duodenal papilla

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Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

21
Q

What is the major duodenal papilla?

A

Ampulla of Vater enters the duodenum

22
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What two structures meet at the ampulla of Vater to release secretions into the intestine?

A

Bile duct and pancreatic duct

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