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1st Year Veterinary Cards - Semester 2 > Canine GI Anatomy > Flashcards

Canine GI Anatomy Flashcards

1
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What is the peritoneum?

A

A serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and enveloping organs

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2
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What is the visceral peritoneum?

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The serous membrane lining/enveloping organs

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3
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What is the parietal peritoneum?

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The serous membrane lining the abdominal wall

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4
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What does the parietal peritoneum extend through?

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The inguinal canal

Potential space/aponeurosis between IAO and EAO

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5
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What are the four types of connecting peritoneum?

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Mesentry
Omentum
Fold
Ligament

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6
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What does mesentry peritoneum connect?

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Bowl to body wall

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7
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What does omentum peritoneum connect?

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Stomach to another structure

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8
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What does a fold peritoneum connect?

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An organ/bowel to another

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9
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What does a ligament connect?

A

Connect organ to the body wall/bowel

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10
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What is topographical anatomy? What is it defined by?

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The relationship of organs within the abdomen

Defined by connecting peritoneum

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11
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What defines the abdominal cavity cranially and laterally?

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Diaphragm cranially

Lateral - abdominal walls

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12
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What defines the peritoneal cavity?

A

The potential space between the parietal peritoneum and the visceral peritoneum

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13
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What is peritonitis?

A

A build up of fluid in the peritoneal cavity

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14
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Where does the diaphragm attach to the body and where does it extend to?

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Attached at last rib

Extends to 5th intercostal space

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15
Q

What does the aorta pass through in the diaphragm?

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The aortic hiatus (between L/R crura)

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16
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What does the caudal vena cava pass through in the diaphragm?

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The caval foramen

In central tendon

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17
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How does the oesophagus pass through the diaphragm?

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Through the oesophageal hiatus

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18
Q

What is the colon?

A

The large intestine

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19
Q

How many lobes does a liver have? What are they called?

A

4

Left, right, caudate and quadrate

20
Q

What is the papillary process of the liver?

A

A part of the caudate lobe

21
Q

In dogs, what is the L and R lobe of the liver split into?

A

Medial part

Lateral part

22
Q

Which species does not have a gall bladder?

A

Horse

23
Q

What is the function of the gall bladder?

A

To store bile produced by the liver

24
Q

What is the function of bile?

A

To emulsify fats

25
Q

What are the peritoneal attachments of the liver?

A

Coronary ligament
L&R triangular ligament
Falciform (round ligament)

26
Q

Which side of the body is the stomach on?

A

Right

27
Q

What are the 3 parts to the stomach?

A

Fundus
Corpus
Pylorus

28
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What is the fundus of the stomach?

A

A blind ending

29
Q

What is the corpus of the stomach?

A

Body

30
Q

What is the pylorus/pyloric atrium?

A

Exit of the stomach

31
Q

Why does the pylorus produce mucous?

A

To prevent acid in the duodenum

32
Q

What are the peritoneal attachments of the stomach?

A 
Greater omentum (mobile)
Lesser omentum (hepato gastric ligament)
Gastro splenic ligament
33
Q

What is the omental bursa?

A

The potential space between the greater and lesser omentum

34
Q

What side of the abdomen is the spleen on?

A

Left

35
Q

What is the peritoneal attachment for the spleen?

A

Gastro splenic ligament

36
Q

What does the spleen do?

A

Act as a blood reservoir

Where the white blood cells mature

37
Q

Why are spleens abnormally enlarged during dissections?

A

Due to barbiturate euthanasia

38
Q

What are the peritoneal attachments for the duodenum?

A

Mesoduodenum
Duodeno colic fold
Hepato duodenal ligament (lesser omentum)

39
Q

What is the major and minor duodenal papilla?

A

Where bile exits

An accessory duct)

40
Q

The pancreas has two lobes. What are they? What direction do they run?

A

Left - medial to lateral

Right - cranial to caudal

41
Q

What are the peritoneal attachments of each lobe of the pancreas?

A

L lobe - deep leaf of greater omentum

R lobe - mesoduodenum

42
Q

What connective peritoneum covers the duodenum?

A

The greater omentum

43
Q

What is the peritoneal attachment for the jejunum?

A

The meso jejunum mesentry

Fan shaped

44
Q

The ileum attaches to the caecum. What does caecum mean and what is it’s peritoneal attachments?

A

Blind ending

Ileo caecal fold

45
Q

What are the sharp turns of the colon called?

A

Flexures

46
Q

Describe the shape of the colon and the flexures involved

A 
Ascends right
Right colic flexures
Transverse
Left colic flexures
Descends left to rectum
47
Q

What are the peritoneal attachments of the colon?

A

Mesocolon to dorsal body wall

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