Anatomy- Stomach

Question 1

List some functions of the stomach.

Answer 1

Enzymatic digestion
Storage of food
Acid secretion
Prepares food for digestion and entry into the duodenum
Mixing of food into chyme
Enzyme, acid and hormone secretion

Question 2

What is the location of the cardiac and pyloric ends of the stomach?

Answer 2

Cardiac is located in T11 and pyloric is located in L1 of the vertebrae chain

Question 3

What does the lesser curvature give rise to?

Answer 3

Lesser omentum
L/R gastric vessels.

Question 4

What does the greater curvature give rise to?

Answer 4

Greater omentum
Gastrophrenic ligament
Gastrosplenic ligament
L/R Gastroepiploic vessels

Question 5

List the parts of the stomach

Answer 5

Cardiac
Fundus
Body and
Pyloric part

Question 6

List the anterior relations of the stomach.

Answer 6

Anterior abdominal wall
Diaphragm
Left costal margin
Left lobe of the liver
Left lung
Left pleura

Question 7

List the interior structures of the stomach.

Answer 7

Gastric rugae
Gastric Pits
Gastric canal

Question 8

Describe the arterial blood supply of the stomach

Answer 8

L/R gastric arteries
L/R gastroepiplotic arteries
Short gastric artery

Question 9

Describe the nerve supply of the stomach.

Answer 9

Parasympathetic
Sympathetic nerves

Question 10

List the posterior relations of the stomach

Answer 10

Lesser sac
Diaphragm
Left kidney
Left suprarenal gland
Splenic artery
Splenic flexure of colon
Pancreas
Transverse colon

Question 11

Describe the lymphatic supply of the stomach.

Answer 11

— lymph’s drains into the left and right gastric, left and right gastricepiploic artery
— left gastricepiploic and short gastric drains into the pancreaticsplenic nodes
— right and left gastric, left gastricepiploic drains into the hepatic nodes
— coeliac nodes.