abdominal esophagus and stomach Flashcards
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coeliac trunk
supplies the foregut (stomach spleen, liver, gallbladder, upper 1/2 of dueodenum and pancreas
divided into left gastric common hepatic and splenic artery
common hepatic
divides into proper hepatic (supplies liver ) and gastroduodenal (supplies the stomach and duodenum)
gastroduodenal branch
right gastro- epiploic and anastomoses with left gastroepiploic
greater curvature and omentum
proper hepatic branch
right gastric (lesser curvature till midpoint)
anastomoses with left gastric artery
splenic artery
divides into short gastric (stomach supply) and left gastro-epiploic (supplies omentum)
left gastric
branches into esophageal branches
stomach lymph nodes
accompany arteries and drain into celiac lymph nodes (next to celiac trunk)
paracolic gutters
Are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall.
Are clinically important because they allow a passage for infectious fluids from different compartments of the abdomen.
z-line junctiom
esophagogastric junction
how long is esophagus
25 cm with 2 cm diameter
what level esophagus starts and ends
at the level of c6 and ends at the cardiac end of the stomach (z-line) (left median)
divisions of esophagous
cervical, thoracic and abdominal
abdominal esophagus is tethered by
phreno-esophageal ligaments (supra and infra diaphragmatic fasica)
anterior surface of the esophagus
covered with peritoneum of greater sac and is related to a groove on the posterior surface of the liver
posterior surface of the abdominal esophagus
covered with omental bursa
right border of abd esophagus
continuous with the lesser curvature of stomach
left border of abdominal esophagus
is separated from the fundus by cardial notch between
barrett’s esophagus
is a condition in which the flat pink lining of the swallowing tube that connects the mouth to the stomach (esophagus) becomes damaged by acid reflux, which causes the lining to thicken and become red
arterial supply of abdominal esophagus
mainly from left gastric artery (branches from coeliac trunk)
the posterior surface is mainly supplied by short gastric arteries, thoracic aorta and sometimes from the ascending branch of posterior branch of gastric artery
venous drainage of esophagus
portal vein through left gastric vein and systemic (caval) venous system through azygous vein
This dual venous supply creates a porto-caval anastomosis between esophageal tributaries of left gastric and azygos veins in the submucosa of the esophagus, which has clinical relevance to esophageal varices resulting from portal hypertension.
lymphatic supply of abdominal esophagus
drain into left gastric lymph node and efferent lymphatic. vessels from those vessels drain mainly to celiac lymph nodes
nerve supply of abdmonial esphagus
from vagal trunks that become anterior and posterior gastric nerves
and sympathetic nerve supply through greater splanchnic
esophageal varicies
one of the portosystemoic anastomosies
obstruction of blood flow to the liver through the portal vein, causing backflow in the oesophageal tributary,
may rupture and cause fatal hematemesis
Stomach locations
located in the epigastric, left hypochondrial, and umbilical regions