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Is the pancreas endocrine or exocrine?

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Both

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What is the head of the pancreas in line with?

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Inner curvature of the duodenum

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What are the 4 parts of the pancreas?

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Head, neck, body and tail

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What is the uncinate process?

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From the head of the pancreas the lower part that curls to the left

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What do the exocrine secretions of the pancreas empty into?

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Duodenum

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What duct do exocrine secretions of the pancreas go through to empty into the duodenum?

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The pancreatic duct

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How many hepatic ducts are there? What are they called?

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The right and left hepatic ducts which join to form the common hepatic duct

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What duct joins the common hepatic duct?

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Cystic duct

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What is the role of the cystic duct?

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To empty and fill the gallbladder

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What 2 ducts join to form the common bile duct?

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Common hepatic duct

Cystic duct

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What organ is the cystic duct associated with?

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Gallbladder

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What is stored by the gallbladder?

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Bile

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Is the gallbladder attached to anything?

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On side it is attached to the liver via a common sheet of peritoneum

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What 2 ducts enter the duodenum?

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Common bile duct

Main pancreatic duct

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What is the name of the structure where the common bile duct and pancreatic duct open into the duodenum?

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Duodenal papilla

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What ribs overlie the spleen?

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9, 10 and 11

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What does the spleen lie between?

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Stomach and ribcage

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What does the spleen do?

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Filter RBCs and has an immune role

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Does the spleen have a peritoneum?

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Yes, but not over the hilum

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What ligament is found behind the spleen?

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Lineo-renal ligament

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What does the lineo renal ligament connect?

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The spleen and the left kidney

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Are the kidneys in front or behind the peritoneum?

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Behind

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Which kidney is lower than the other?

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Right

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Which ribs does the kidney lie behind?

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11th and 12th

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Do the renal veins or arteries lie in front?
Veins
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Which renal vein is shorter?
Right
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What are the broad drainage channels in the kidney called?
Calyx
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How many calyces usually drain into the pelvis?
3 or 4
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What is the solid tissue of the kidney called?
Renal penincula
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What is formed at the joint of the calyces with the kidney?
Papillae
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What blood vessel lies in front of the adrenal gland?
Vena cava
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What does the cortex of the adrenal gland secrete?
Corticosteroids
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What does the medulla of the adrenal gland secrete?
Adrenaline and noradrenaline
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What muscle is behind the ureter?
Psoas major
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What artery does the ureter pass in front of before entering the pelvic brim?
Common iliac artery (right before it splits into the internal and external iliac artery)
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What ligament does the ureter run through in females before entering the bladder?
Broad ligament
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What are the 3 branches of the abdominal aorta supply all of the abdominal organs?
Coelic Superior mesenteric Inferior mesenteric arteries
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Is the coelic artery long or short?
Short
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What abdominal organs does the coeliac artery supply?
``` Stomach Proximal duodenum Spleen Liver Most of the pancreas ```
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What are the 3 main branches of the coeliac artery?
Left gastric artery Common hepatic artery Splenic artery
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What does the common hepatic artery divide into?
Hepatic artery | Gastro duodenal artery
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What branches of the gastro duodenal artery go to the stomach?
Right gastro-epiploic artery | Right gastric arery
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What branch of the gastro duodenal artery goes to the pancreas?
Pancraeto duodenal artery
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What main blood vessels supply the stomach?
Arteries that run along the lesser and greater curve of the stomach: the inner and outer arcade Inner arcade: right and left gastric arteries supply it Outer arcade: right and left gastro epiploic arteries supply it
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What is the artery of the midgut?
Mesenteric artery
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What does the mesenteric artery supply?
Distal duodenum Ileum Ascending colon Part of the transverse colon
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What does the superior mesenteric artery arise from?
Aorta just below coeliac trunk
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What does the ileocolic artery go toward?
Caecum
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Where does the right colic artery go?
Ascending colon
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Where does the middle colic artery go?
Transverse colon
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What does the inferior mesenteric artery supply?
Distal colon | Rectum
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What does the inferior mesenteric arise from?
Aorta
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What does the left colic artery supply?
Descending colon | Distal transverse colon
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What do the sigmoid branches supply?
Sigmoid colon
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What does the superior rectal artery supply?
Upper parts of rectum
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What supplies the lower parts of the rectum?
Internal iliac artery
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How does venous drainage in the abdomen work?
All arteries have accompanying veins that run alongside them
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Where do abdominal veins drain into?
The hepatic portal vein that takes all blood from the GI tract, spleen and pancreas to the liver
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Where is the hepatic portal vein formed?
Behind the pancreas
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How does the hepatic portal vein divide and where does the division occur?
Into left and right branches before entering the liver

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