topography assessment

Question 1

ruminant - where is the abomasum?

Answer 1

ventral floor of the mid abdomen, slightly to the right

Question 2

horse - where is the caecum?

Answer 2

right hand side, from the paralumbar fossa down to the xiphoid process

Question 3

horse - where is the ascending colon?

Answer 3

ventral abdomen, both sides

Question 4

horse - where is the spleen?

Answer 4

left hand side, mid to dorsal - half cranially and half caudally to the costal arch (half medial to the ribs)

Question 5

horse - where is the pelvic flexure?

Answer 5

left hand side, caudal abdomen (most ventral aspect of paralumbar fossa ish)

Question 6

horse - where are the kidneys?

Answer 6

dorsal, on both sides of abdomen - tucked at the top of the costal arch, half medial to the ribs

Question 7

horse - which kidney is more cranial?

Answer 7

the right kidney

Question 8

ruminant - where is the rumen?

Answer 8

left hand side, takes up most of the abdominal cavity (spans from dorsal to ventral)

Question 9

ruminant - where is the reticulum?

Answer 9

primarily left hand side, mid-ventral cranial abdomen (medial to the ribs, literally behind left forelimb)

Question 10

ruminant - where is the bulk of small intestines?

Answer 10

right hand side, caudoventral abdomen

Question 11

ruminant - where is the liver?

Answer 11

right hand side, mid/dorsal - almost entirely medial to the ribs

Question 12

ruminant - where are the kidneys?

Answer 12

both right hand side, left kidney just right of the midline. dorsal, just caudal of the costal arch

Question 13

ruminant - where is the spleen?

Answer 13

left hand side, cranial abdomen - entirely medial of the ribs. dorsally almost vertically down, almost to ventral abdomen