Anatomy Topic 4 Case 2 Flashcards

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What is the peritoneum?

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  • Membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers much of the viscera
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Identify the two layers of peritoneum

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  • Parietal peritoneum lines the walls of the abdominal cavity
  • Visceral peritoneum covers the organs
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How are abdominal viscera suspended in the peritoneal cavity?

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  • Mesenteries
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What is the difference between intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal organs?

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  • Intraperitoneal organs are located within the peritoneal cavity
  • Retroperitoneal organs are located outside of the peritoneum with only one surface in contact with the peritoneum
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What is the greater sac and where does it extent between?

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  • Largest space in peritoneal cavity, deep to parietal peritoneum
  • Beginning superiorly at the diaphragm and continuing inferiorly into the pelvic cavity
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What is the omental bursa and where is it located?

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  • Smaller subdivision of the peritoneal cavity

- Located posterior to the stomach and liver

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How is the omental bursa continuous with the greater sac?

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  • Through the omental foramen
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Identify the structures surrounding the omental foramen

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  • Portal vein and hepatic artery proper
  • Bile duct anteriorly
  • Inferior vena cave posteriorly
  • Caudate lobe of the liver superiorly
  • First part of the duodenum inferiorly
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What is the purpose of peritoneal fluid in the peritoneal cavity?

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  • Lubricates movement of the viscera suspended in the abdominal cavity
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Identify an advantage and a disadvantage of the large surface area of the peritoneal cavity

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  • Can be used for administering certain types of treatments and a number of procedures e.g. ventriculoperitoneal shunts for obstructive hydrocephalus.
  • Facilitates the spread of disease through the peritoneal cavity and over the bowel and visceral surfaces.
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Identify three types of peritoneal folds

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  • Omenta
  • Mesenteries
  • Ligaments
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Identify two roles of peritoneal folds

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  • Contain nerves and vessels

- Maintain proper positioning of viscera

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What is the embryological origin of the greater omentum?

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  • Dorsal mesentery
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What are the attachments of the greater omentum?

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  • Greater curvature of the stomach and first part of the duodenum.
  • After descending it turns posteriorly and ascends
  • Where it becomes adherent to superior surface of transverse colon
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Which vessels are positioned between the two layers of the greater omentum?

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  • Right and left gastro-omental vessels
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What does thickening of the greater omentum indicate?

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  • Metastasis
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What is the embryological origin of the lesser omentum?

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  • Ventral mesentery
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What are the attachments of the lesser omentum?

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  • Lesser curvature of stomach
  • First part of duodenum,
  • inferior surface of liver
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Identify the two ligaments of the lesser omentum

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  • Hepatogastric ligament between liver and stomach

- Hepatoduodenal ligament between liver and duodenum

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What is the anatomical significance of the hepatoduodenal ligament?

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  • Ends laterally as a free margin

- Which serves as the anterior border of the omental foramen

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What is enclosed within the free edge of the hepatoduodenal ligament?

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  • Hepatic artery proper
  • Bile duct
  • Portal vein
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What are mesenteries?

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  • Peritoneal folds that attach viscera to the posterior abdominal wall
  • That allow some movement and provide a conduit of vessels, nerves and lymphatics
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Identify the embryological origin of the mesenteries?

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  • Dorsal mesentery
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What is the mesentery?

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  • Large, fan shaped, double-layered fold of peritoneum

- That connects the jejunum and ileum to posterior abdominal wall

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What is are the superior and inferior attachments of the mesentery?

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  • Superior: duodenojejunal junction

- Inferior: Ileocecal junction

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What is the transverse mesocolon?

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  • Double layered fold of peritoneum that connects the transverse colon to the posterior abdominal wall
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What is the anterior layer of the transverse mesocolon adherent to?

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  • Posterior layer of greater omentum
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What is the sigmoid mesocolon?

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  • V-shaped peritoneal fold
  • That attaches the sigmoid colon to the abdominal wall
  • Wit the apex of the V near the left common iliac artery
  • Left limb along the medial border of the left psoas muscle
  • Right limb descending into pelvis at level L3
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What are ligaments?

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  • Two layers of peritoneum that connect two organs to each other or an organ to the body wall
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30
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Identify the four parts of the stomach

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  • Cardia
  • Fundus
  • Body
  • Pyloric part
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Identify the different parts of the pyloric part of the stomach

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  • Pyloric antrum
  • Pyloric canal
  • Pylorus
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Identify the different parts of the pylorus

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  • Pyloric constriction
  • Pyloric sphincter
  • Pyloric orifice
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At which vertebral level is the pylroic orifice located?

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  • Lower border of L1 (transpyloric plane)
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Identify which artery the left gastric artery arises from and the part of the stomach that it supplies

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  • Branches from coeliac trunk

- Lower third of oesophagus + upper right part of stomach

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Identify which artery the right gastric artery arises from and the part of the stomach that it supplies

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  • Hepatic artery proper

- Lower right part of stomach

36
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Identify which artery the short gastric arteries arises from and the part of the stomach that it supplies

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  • Splenic artery

- Fundus

37
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Identify which artery the left gastro-omental artery arises from and the part of the stomach that it supplies

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  • Splenic artery

- Upper part of greater curvature

38
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Identify which artery the right gastro-omental artery arises from and the part of the stomach that it supplies

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  • Gastroduodenal branch of hepatic artery proper

- Lower part of greater curvature

39
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Which vessel do the left and right gastric veins drain into?

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  • Directly into portal vein
40
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Which vessel do the short gastric veins drain into?

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  • Splenic vein
41
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Which vessel do the left-gastro-omental veins drain into?

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  • Splenic vein
42
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Which vessel do the right-gastro-omental veins drain into?

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  • Superior mesenteric vein
43
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Outline the lymphatic drainage of the stomach

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  • Left and right gastric nodes
  • Left and right gastro-omental nodes
  • Short gastric nodes
  • Into coeliac nodes around the root of the coeliac artery on the posterior abdominal wall
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Outline the parasympathetic nerve supply to the stomach

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  • Anterior and posterior vagal trunks
  • Anterior vagal trunk gives off a large pyloric branch
  • Posterior vagal trunk passes to coeliac and superior mesenteric plexuses
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Outline the sympathetic nerve supply to the stomach

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  • Preganglionic fibre from T6
  • Passes through white ramus communicans into sympathetic trunk
  • Synapses with coeliac ganglion
  • Gives off postganglionic neuron which accompanies branches of coeliac trunk to supply stomach
46
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Identify the histological layers of the stomach

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  • Mucosa composed of gastric pits
  • Muscularis mucosae
  • Submucosa
  • Inner oblique muscle layer
  • Inner circular layer
  • Outer longitudinal layer
47
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Identify five types of cells of gastric glands and their function

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  • Neck mucus cells, secrete mucus
  • Parietal cells, secrete gastric acid and intrinsic factor
  • Chief cells, secrete pepsinogen
  • Stem cells, replace old cells
  • Neuroendocrine cells, secrete hormones (e.g. G cells that secrete gastrin)
48
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Identify the structure of a gastric parietal cell

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  • Plasma membrane forms canaliculi that extent throughout the cytoplasm
  • Which consists of membrane bound vesicles which include a proton pump
49
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Identify the mucosal transition at the pyloric sphincter

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  • From glandular secretory type

- To villous absorptive type

50
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What are Brunner’s glands?

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  • Mucus-secreting glands
  • Located exclusively in submucosa of duodenum
  • Secrete a thin, alkaline mucus
51
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Identify the three anterior branches of the abdominal aorta and the region of the primitive gut tube that each supplies

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  • Coeliac trunk (foregut)
  • Superior mesenteric artery (midgut)
  • Inferior mesenteric artery (hindgut)
52
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Identify the contents of the foregut

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  • Abdominal oesophagus
  • Stomach
  • Spleen
  • Duodenum
  • Liver
  • Gallbladder
53
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Identify the contents of the midgut

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  • Jejunum
  • Ileum
  • Cecum
  • Appendix
  • Ascending colon
  • Right 2/3 of transverse colon
54
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Identify the contents of the hindgut

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  • Left 1/3 of transverse colon
  • Descending colon
  • Sigmoid colon
  • Rectum
  • Upper part of anal canal
55
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Identify the three branches of the coeliac trunk

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  • Left gastric artery
  • Splenic artery
  • Common hepatic artery
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Outline the course taken by the left gastric artery and identify its branches

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  • Ascends to the cardioesophageal junction
  • Sends oesophageal branches to the abdominal oesophagus which anastomose with oesophageal branches of thoracic aorta
  • Turns right and descends along lesser curvature to anastomose with right gastric artery
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Outline the course taken by the splenic artery and identify its branches

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  • Travels along superior border of pancreas
  • Gives off branches to supply neck, body and tail of pancreas
  • Passes in splenorenal ligament and enters hilum of spleen
  • Gives off short gastric artery and left gastro-omental artery which anastomoses with right gastro-omental artery
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Outline the course taken by the common hepatic artery and identify its branches

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  • Runs to the right and divides into hepatic artery proper and gastroduodenal artery
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Outline the course of the hepatic artery proper and identify its branches

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  • Ascends toward liver in free edge of lesser omentum
  • Runs to left of bile duct and anterior to portal vein
  • Divides into right and left hepatic artery
  • Right hepatic artery gives of cystic artery
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Outline the course of the gastroduodenal artery and identify its branches

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  • Gives off supraduodenal artery and posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
  • Descends posterior to superior part of duodenum
  • Gives off its terminal branches, right gastro-omental and anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
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Which veins unite to form the portal vein? At which vertebral level does this occur?

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  • Splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein

- L2

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Outline the course of the portal vein

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  • Ascends towards liver
  • Enters the right margin of the lesser omentum
  • Divides into right and left branches which enter liver parenchyma
63
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Identify three tributaries of the portal vein and what they drain

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  • Right and left gastric veins (draining lesser curvature and abdominal oesophagus)
  • Cystic veins (draining gallbladder)
  • Para-umbilical vein (anterior abdominal wall)
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Outline the course of the splenic vein

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  • Leaves hilum of spleen
  • Passes right through splenorenal ligament
  • Passes over pan
  • Joins superior mesenteric vein to form portal vein
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Identify four tributaries of the splenic vein and what they drain

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  • Short gastric veins (fundus)
  • Left gastro-omental vein (greater curvature)
  • Pancreatic veins (body and tail of pancreas)
  • Inferior mesenteric vein
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What do the coeliac nodes drain into?

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  • Cisterna chyli
67
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What are the sympathetic trunks

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  • Two parallel nerve cords that descend on either side of the vertebral column
68
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Describe the positioning of the sympathetic trunks as they descend through the thorax and abdomen

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  • Posterior to carotid sheath
  • Anterior to neck of ribs in upper thorax
  • Lateral aspect of vertebral bodies in lower thorax
  • Anterolateral to lumbar bodies continuing into pelvis
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How many of the each of the different types of ganglia are there in the sympathetic trunks?

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  • 3 cervical
  • 11 thoracic
  • 4 lumbar
  • 4 sacral
  • Ganglion impar anterior to coccyx
70
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How are the ganglia and trunk connected to adjacent spinal nerves?

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  • Grey rami communicantes
71
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How are the ganglia and trunk connected in the region of T1-L2?

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  • White rami communicantes
72
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What are splanchnic nerves?

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  • Pass from sympathetic trunk

- To sympathetic ganglia

73
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Identify the three types of thoracic splanchnic nerve, from where they arise and to which ganglion they travel to

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  • Greater: 5-9th thoracic ganglia to coeliac ganglion
  • Lesser: 10-11th thoracic ganglia to aorticorenal ganglion
  • Least: 12th thoracic ganglia to renal plexus
74
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To which nerve plexus do lumbar splanchnic nerves pass to?

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  • Prevertebral plexus
75
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To which nerve plexus do pelvic splanchnic nerves pass to?

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  • Inferior hypogastric plexus (extension of prevertebral plexus in pelvis)
76
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Why are pelvic splanchnic nerves unique?

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  • They carry parasympathetic fibres
  • Meaning they do not originate from sympathetic trunk
  • Rather, they arise from anterior rami of S2 to S4
77
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What do the pelvic splanchnic nerves innervate?

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  • Distal 1/3 of transverse colon
  • Descending colon
  • Sigmoid colon
78
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What is the abdominal prevertebral plexus?

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  • Collection of nerve fibres that surrounds the abdominal aorta
79
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Identify the three major divisions of the abdominal prevertebral plexus

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  • Coeliac plexus
  • Aortic plexus
  • Superior hypogastric plexus
80
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Identify the ganglia associated with the coeliac plexus

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  • Two coeliac ganglia
  • One superior mesenteric ganglion
  • Two aorticorenal ganglia
81
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Identify the ganglia associated with the aortic plexus

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  • Inferior mesenteric ganglion
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Identify the ganglia associated with the superior hypogastric plexus

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  • Numerous small ganglia
83
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Identify fibres to the abdominal prevertebral plexus

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  • Preganglionic parasympathetic fibres from vagus nerve

- Preganglionic sympathetic fibres from splanchnic nerves

84
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Identify two sources of parasympathetic innervation to the abdominal viscera

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  • Vagus nerves which give off vagal trunks which give off branches containing preganglionic parasympathetic fibres to prevertebral plexus
  • Pelvic splanchnic nerves, carrying preganglionic parasympathetic fibres from S2-S4 to hypogastric plexus
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Identify two two plexuses of the enteric nervous system, where they are located and what they control

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  • Myenteric plexus between outer longitudinal and inner muscular layers, controlling GI movements
  • Submucosal plexus in submucosa controlling GI secretions and local blood flow
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Which regions of the abdomen is the stomach located in?

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  • Left hypochdonrium
  • Epigastric region
  • Umbilical region