Chapter 5 (The Abdominal Cavity)

Question 1

(Abdominal Cavity)

Extends between the _____ _____ and ______ ______

Answer 1

Thoracic diaphragm; pelvic diaphragm

Question 2

(Abdominal Cavity)

Has no floor and is continuous with the ____ _____

Answer 2

Pelvic cavity

Question 3

(Abdominal Cavity)

Superiorly placed abdominal viscera are protected by the _____ _____.

Answer 3

Thoracic cage

Question 4

(Abdominal Cavity)

Lower abdominal viscera are supported and protected by the _____ _____.

Answer 4

Greater pelvis

Question 5

(Abdominal Cavity)

Superiorly placed abdominal viscera contents:

Answer 5

Spleen, liver, part of the kidneys, and stomach

Question 6

(Abdominal Cavity)

Lower abdominal viscera contents:

Answer 6

Part the of ileum, cecum, appendix, and sigmoid

Question 7

(Peritoneum)

The peritoneum is a continuous _____ ______ that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and viscera.

Answer 7

Serous (slippery/glistening) membrane

Question 8

(Peritoneum)

Contains the organs of the ____ and _____ systems invaginating the peritoneum or located behind it

Answer 8

Digestive and urinary

Question 9

(Peritoneum)

Separated into the ____ and ____ peritoneum

Answer 9

Parietal and visceral

Question 10

(Peritoneum)

Parietal

Answer 10

Lining the body wall; sensitive to pressure, pain, heat/cold, and laceration; pain is localized

Question 11

(Peritoneum)

Visceral

Answer 11

Lines the intraperitoneal organs; insensitive to touch, heat/cold, and laceration; stimulated by stretching and chemical irritation; pain is poorly localized

Question 12

(Peritoneum)

Intraperitoneal organs

Answer 12

Almost completely covered with viscereal peritoneum (e.g., stomach and spleen)

Question 13

(Peritoneum)

Extraperitoneal/ Retroperitoneal/ Subperitoneal organs

Answer 13

Organs outside of external to the peritoneal cavity and are only partially covered with peritoneum (usually on just one surface)

Question 14

(Peritoneal Cavity)

The peritoneal cavity is within the ___________.

Answer 14

abdominal cavity and continues inferiorly into the pelvic cavity

Question 15

(Peritoneal Cavity)

Contains no organs, but contains ____ _____ composed of water, electrolytes and other substances.

Answer 15

Peritoneal fluid

Question 16

(Peritoneal Cavity)

Peritoneal fluid lubricates the peritoneal surfaces, enabling the viscera to …

Answer 16

move over each other without friction and allows movements for digestion, as well as contains leukocytes and antibodies that resist infection.

Question 17

(Peritoneal Cavity)

Completely closed in _____.

Answer 17

Males

Question 18

(Peritoneal Cavity)

The cavity communicates with the exterior of the body in females via the …

Answer 18

Uterine tubes, uterine cavity, and vagina

Question 19

Periotonitis

Answer 19

Because the peritoneal surface is warm, moist, and very extensive, it is at risk for growth of bacteria, resulting in infection and inflammation of the peritoneum.

Question 20

Ascites

Answer 20

May be caused by a mechanical injury or pathological conditions (cirrhosis of the liver, chronic heart family, ovarian cancer, resulting in excess peritoneal fluid to accumulate.

Question 21

(Peritoneal Cavity)

Mesentery

Answer 21

Double layer of peritoneum that occurs as a result of the invagination of the peritoneum by an organ; a continuity of the visceral and parietal peritoneum

Question 22

(Peritoneal Cavity)

What does mesentery provide means for?

Answer 22

Provides means for neuromuscular communications between the organ and body wall

Question 23

(Peritoneal Cavity)

Small intestine mesentery

Answer 23

Referred to simply as “the mesentery,” containing a core of connective tissue containing blood and lymphatic vessels, nerves, and lymph nodes and fat.

Question 24

(Peritoneal Cavity)

Omentum

Answer 24

Double-layered extension or fold of peritoneum that passes from the stomach and proximal part of the duodenum to adjacent organs in abdominal cavity.

Question 25

(Peritoneal Cavity)

Greater omentum

Answer 25

Prominent, 4-layer peritoneal fold that hands down like an apron from the greater curvature of the stomach and proximal part of the duodenum

Question 26

(Peritoneal cavity)

Lesser omentum

Answer 26

Smaller, double layered fold that connects the lesser curvature of the stomach and the proximal part of the duodenum.