Week 11: Small Animal Abdomen Part 1

Question 1

Mesenteries

Answer 1

Double layers of peritoneum that connect viscera to dorsal and ventral body wall

Question 2

6 dorsal mesentaries

Answer 2

• Greater omentum
• Mesoduodenum
• Mesentary
• Mesocolon
• Mesorectum
• Lateral ligaments of urinary bladder

Question 3

3 ventral mesentaries

Answer 3

• Falciform ligament
• Lesser omentum
• Median ligament of the urinary bladder

Question 4

Superficial and deep leaves of the omentum enclose a space called

Answer 4

omental bursa

Question 5

Three parts of the GI tract

Answer 5

• Stomach
• Small intestine
• Large intestine

Question 6

Accessory organs of digestion

Answer 6

Liver
Gall bladder
Pancreas

Question 7

Large intestine is divided into

Answer 7

• Cecum
• Ascending colon
• Transverse colon
• Descending colon

Question 8

Immune organ

Answer 8

Spleen

Question 9

Endocrine organs

Answer 9

• Adrenal glands

- Pancreas

Question 10

Urinary organs

Answer 10

• Kidneys
• Ureters
• Bladder

Question 11

Attachment of the superficial leaf of the greater omentum

Answer 11

Greater curvature of the stomach

Question 12

Attachment of the lesser omentum

Answer 12

Lesser curvature of the stomach

Question 13

Three parts of the pyloric region of the stomach

Answer 13

• Pyloric antrum
• Pyloric canal
• Pylorus (sphincter)

Question 14

Gastric dilation-volvulus

Answer 14

• Condition in dogs
• Usually in large breeds
• Excessive dilation of the stomach, followed by twisting along it’s longitudinal axis

Question 15

Root of the mesentery contains

Answer 15

• Cranial mesenteric artery

- “The mesentery”

Question 16

Tranverse colon is located ___ to root of mesentary

Answer 16

cranial

Question 17

Caudal duodenal flexure is located _____ to the root of the mesentary

Answer 17

caudal

Question 18

Cranial duodenal flexure and descending duodenum is on the

Answer 18

right

Question 19

Ascending duodenum is on the

Answer 19

left

Question 20

Ascending duodenum is connected to the colon via

Answer 20

The duodenocolic fold

Question 21

Junction between the duodenum and the jejunum

Answer 21

Duodenojejunal flexure

Question 22

Jejunum is suspended within

Answer 22

The mesojejunum of the mesentary

Question 23

Ileum opens into the ascending colon through the

Answer 23

ileocolic orifice

Question 24

Cecum and ascending colon in the dog communicate via

Answer 24

The cecocolic orifice

There is no ileocecal orifice in the dog

Question 25

The descending colon transitions into the rectum within

Answer 25

The pelvic canal

Question 26

Lobes of the liver

Answer 26

- 6 - Left lateral - Left medial - Quadrate - Right medial - Right lateral - Caudate (caudate and papillary surface)

Question 27

Porta of the liver is located

Answer 27

Between the caudate and papillary processes of the caudate lobe

Question 28

Papillary processes of the liver nestles in

Answer 28

The lesser curvature of the stomach

Question 29

Gall bladder is located

Answer 29

Between right medial and quadrate lobes

Question 30

Purpose of gall bladder

Answer 30

Stores bile produces in the liver

Question 31

Hepatic ducts

Answer 31

Transport bile from liver lobes to bile duct

Question 32

Cystic duct

Answer 32

- Extends from neck of gall bladder | - Two way passage for bile to/from gall bladder

Question 33

Bile duct joins ___ ___ and both open...

Answer 33

- Pancreatic duct | - Through major duodenal papilla within the initial portion of duodenum

Question 34

Parts of pancreas

Answer 34

- Right lobe - Body - Left lobe

Question 35

Right lobe of pancreas is within the

Answer 35

Mesoduodenum

Question 36

Left lobe of pancreas is within

Answer 36

the deep leaf of the greater omentum

Question 37

Pancreas has both (functions)

Answer 37

Exocrine and endocrine functions

Question 38

Three structures that enter and leave each kidney at the hilus

Answer 38

- Renal artery - Renal vein - Ureter

Question 39

Vaginal ring

Answer 39

Region where an extension of the peritoneum protrudes through the deep inguinal rng