Abdominal Organs

Question 1

Where is the liver found?

Answer 1

upper part of the abdominal cavity, inferior to the diaphragm
R hypochondriac
R epigastric
L hypochondriac

Question 2

what divides the liver into 2 unequal lobes?

Answer 2

falciform ligament

Question 3

where can the gallbladder be found?

Answer 3

under the right lobe of the liver

Question 4

what does the esophagus connect?

Answer 4

the pharynx to the stomach

Question 5

where does the esophagus end?

Answer 5

ends in the abdomen, majority is located in the mediastinum

Question 6

what level does the esophagus pierce the diaphragm?

Answer 6

left to midline at the level of T10

Question 7

where is the abdominal part of the esophagus is located?

Answer 7

posterior to the left lobe of the liver

Question 8

which orifice communicates with the duodenum?

Answer 8

pyloric, the cardial communicates with the esophagus

Question 9

describe the curvatures of the stomach.

Answer 9

lesser curvature is on the right side

greater curvature is on the left side

Question 10

small intestine begins at _______ ______ and terminates at the _____ _____.

Answer 10

pyloric orifice, ileocecal junction

Question 11

which part of the small intestine is deep?

Answer 11

the duodenum which is posterior to the peritoneal sac

Question 12

name the 4 parts of the small intestine.

Answer 12

superior, descending, transverse, ascending

Question 13

which parts of the small intestine have no sharp boundary between them?

Answer 13

jejunum and ileum, jejunum begins begin at the duodenojejunal flexure and ileum ends at the ileocecal junction

Question 14

what arches around and encloses coils of jejunum and ileum?

Answer 14

the large intestine

Question 15

describe the cecum.

Answer 15

sac located in the right iliac fossa, inferior to the ileocecal junction

Question 16

describe the parietal peritoneum.

Answer 16

lines the walls of abdominal and pelvic cavities

Question 17

describe the visceral peritoneum.

Answer 17

covers the abdominal and pelvic organs

Question 18

peritoneal cavity is the potential space between parietal and visceral layers and is a _____ cavity?

Answer 18

closed, in females it communicates with outside via uterine tubes

Question 19

intraperitoneal organ refers to what?

Answer 19

organ that is almost totally covered with peritoneum

Question 20

retroperitoneal organs are located where?

Answer 20

posterior to the peritoneal sac or organ that is covered with peritoneum ANTERIORLY

Question 21

describe the falciform ligament.

Answer 21

peritoneal fold that connects liver to anterior abdominal wall above the umbilicus

Question 22

the peritoneal fold that connects the liver to the diaphragm is?

Answer 22

coronary ligament

Question 23

the peritoneal fold that passes from the stomach and proximal part of duodenum

Answer 23

omentum

Question 24

which momentum is a two layered fold?

Answer 24

lesser omentum

Question 25

which ligaments are inside the lesser omentum?

Answer 25

hepatogastric and hepatoduodenal ligaments

Question 26

which ligament inside the lesser omentum is thicker?

Answer 26

hepatoduodenal ligament, the hepatogastric ligament is thinner

Question 27

the greater omentum loops in front of the?

Answer 27

jejunum and ileum