Abdomen Anatomy

Question 1

The foregut starts at the ____ and ends at the _____

Answer 1

Esophagus

Proximal descending duodenuim

Question 2

The midgut starts at the _____ and ends at the ______

Answer 2

Distal descending duodenum

Proximal transverse colon

Question 3

The hindgut starts at the _____ and ends at the _____

Answer 3

Distal transverse colon

Rectum

Question 4

What artery supplies the midgut?

Answer 4

Superior mesenteric artery

Question 5

What artery supplies the foregut?

Answer 5

Celiac trunk artery

Question 6

What artery supplies the hindgut?

Answer 6

Inferior mesenteric artery

Question 7

The foregut rotates _____

Answer 7

Clockwise

Question 8

The midgut rotates _____

Answer 8

counterclockwise

Question 9

What structures of the abdomen are retroperitoneal?

Answer 9

SAD PUCKER
Super renal glad
Duodenum (distal 2/3s)
Pancreas (except the tail)
Ureters
Colon (ascending and descending)
Kidneys
Esophagus
Rectum

Question 10

What separates the duodenum from the jejunum?

Answer 10

The ligament of Treitz

Question 11

What structures are in the portal triad?

Answer 11

Hepatic artery proper
Bile duct
Portal vein

Question 12

The liver is covered by ______

Answer 12

Glisson’s Capsule

Question 13

Name two dependent areas within the abdomen

Answer 13

The pouch of Douglass

Morison’s pouch

Question 14

What structure governs the descent of the testicles?

Answer 14

The gubernaculum

Question 15

PSNS innervation of the foregut and midgut is supplied by?

Answer 15

Vagus nerve

Question 16

PSNS innervation of the hindgut is supplied by?

Answer 16

Pelvic splanchnic nerve

Question 17

SNS innervation to the gut is supplied by?

Answer 17

Splanchnic nerve

Question 18

The arcade of Drummond is a network of anastomoses of the vessels of the ______ bowel

Answer 18

Large

Question 19

The transpyloric plane is at what vertebral level?

Answer 19

L1

Question 20

The subcostal plane is at what vertebral level?

Answer 20

L3

Question 21

The supracristal plane is at what vertebral level?

Answer 21

L4

Question 22

What anatomical landmarks can be used to find the transpyloric plane?

Answer 22

Midway between jugular notch and pubis symphysis,

Midway between lower body of sternum and umbilicus

Question 23

Bifurcation of the aorta occurs in what plane?

Answer 23

Supracristal plane, L4

Question 24

What are the types of abdominal pain?

Answer 24

Visceral, Somatoparietal, and Referred

Question 25

T/F? Visceral pain roughly corresponds to the dermatome innervating the organ involved?

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What pain is the most intense and precisely located?

Answer 26

Somatoparietal pain

Question 27

What are some examples of something that would cause somatoparietal pain?

Answer 27

RLQ - Appendicitis LLQ - diverticulitis LUQ - peptic ulcer RUQ - gallbladder

Question 28

Where do the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries meet?

Answer 28

distal transverse colon