Week 7 - Gastrointestinal system Flashcards
What lines the abdominal cavity?
the peritoneum
What are the nine abdominal regions?
Where do the midclavicular planes pass through?
midpoint of the clavicles to the midinguinal points
midinguinal - midpoint of line joining ASIS and the superior edge of the pubic symphysis
What are the four quadrants of the abdominal cavity?
What are the three parts of the gall bladder?
fundus, body, neck
What is the sphincter called that controls the entry of bile into the ampulla of Vater?
sphincter of Oddi
What is the structure of the biliary tree?
What are the branches of the celiac trunk?
common hepatic artery
left gastric artery
splenic artery
Left - left gastric
Hand - hepatic
Side - splenic
What artery supplies the midgut?
superior mesenteric artery
foregut - coeliac trunk
hindgut - inferior mesenteric artery
Where are glands of Brunner found?
duodenum
purpose is to secrete alkaline mucous
only oesophagus and duodenum contain glands in submucosal layer of the GI tract
