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Abdomen - Accessory Organs Flashcards

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Largest visceral organ

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Liver

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Blood supply of caudate lobe of the liver

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Left and Right hepatic artery

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Remnant of the left umbilical vein

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Ligamentum teres hepatis/Round ligament

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Bare area of the liver is limited only to what stucture

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Coronary Ligament

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Fissure for the round ligament

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Between the quadrate lobe and the lateral portion of the left lobe

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Blood supply of quadrate lobe of the liver

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Left hepatic artery

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Caudate lobe of the liver drains bile into what structure/s?

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Left and Right hepatic duct

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Largest gland

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Liver

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Fissure for Ligamentum venosum

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Between the caudate lobe and the lateral portion of the left lobe

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Quadrate lobe of the liver drains bile into what structure/s?

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Left hepatic duct

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Part of the liver devoid of peritoneum

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Bare area

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Fissure for the IVC

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Between the caudate lobe and the right lobe

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13
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Dilated veins in the lower portion of the esophagus

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Esophageal varices

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Location of liver biopsy

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Between the 8th - 9th rib (7th to 10th) ICS in the right midaxillary line

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Fossa for the gallbladder

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Between the quadrate lobe and the right lobe

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16
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Dilated veins around the umbilicus

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Caput medusae

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17
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Dilated veins in the anal canal

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Haemorrhoids

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Blood supply of the gallbladder

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Cystic artery

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Hormone responsible for gallbladder contraction in order to expel bile

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Cholecystokinin (CCK)

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Part of the gallbladder in contact with the transverse colon

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Fundus

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Aid in the passage of bile to and from the gallbladder, as well as regulate the degree of gallbladder distension.

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Spiral Valves

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Origin of the cystic artery

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Right hepatic artery

23
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Inferior border of the triangle of Calot

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Spiral Valves (eponym)

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Spiral valves of Heister

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4Fs of Gallstones
Fat, fertile, female, forty (age)
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Cystic artery is found within this area
triangle of Calot
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Superior border of the triangle of Calot
Liver visceral surface
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Gallstones in this area causes ulceration to the transverse colon
Fundus of the gallbladder
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Gallstones in this area causes jaundice due to obstruction of bile flow
Bile duct
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Medial border of the triangle of Calot
Common Hepatic Duct
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Gallstones in this area causes pancreatitis
Hepatopancreatic ampulla
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Type of pancreatitis caused by obstruction of the hepatopancreatic ampulla
Aseptic/Noninfectious ampulla
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Infundibulum (of the gallbladder) eponym
Hartmann's Pouch
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Hepatopancreatic ampulla (eponym)
ampulla of Vater
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Projection of the inferior part of the head extending medially behind the super mesenteric vessels
Uncinate process
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Pancreas is retroperitoneally located except for
Small portion of its tail lying in the splenorenal ligament
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Largest part of the pancreas
Body
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Tumors in this part of the pancreas often causes jaundice due to the obstruction of bile flow
Head of the pancreas
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Blood supply of the pancreas
1. Splenic artery 2. Super pancreaticoduodenal artery 3. Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
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Part of the pancreas drained by the main pancreatic duct
Entire Pancreas
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Part of the pancreas drained by the accessory pancreatic duct
Head and Body of the pancreas ONLY
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Main Pancreatic Duct (eponym)
duct of Wirsung
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Accessory Pancreatic Duct (eponym)
duct of Santorini
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Cancer of the pancreatic head is associated with
Painless obstructive jaundice (obstruction of bile flow)
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Cancer of the pancreatic neck and body is associated with
Portal/IVC obstruction
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Circular smooth muscle layer around the ampulla of major duodenal papilla
Sphincter of Oddi
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Vascular lymphatic organ lying against the diaphragm and ribs 9-11 in the hypochondriac region
Spleen
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Spleen is covered entirely by the peritoneum except for this area
Hilum
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Ligaments structurally supporting the spleen
Lienogastric/Splenogastric Ligament | Lienoorenal/Splenorenal Ligament
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Primary site of immune and phagocytic action of the spleen
White Pulp
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Primary site of blood filtration of the spleen
Red Pulp
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Organ whose hematopoietic in early life but later destroys aged RBC in the red pulp to release hemoglobin
Spleen
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Rarely seen condition noted in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma in which the patient experiences fevers which cyclically increase then decrease over an average period of one or two weeks.
Pel-Ebstein Fever

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