Abdominal viscera

Question 1

Body cavities (3)

Answer 1

thoracic, abdominal, pelvic

Question 2

abdominal quadrants (4)

Answer 2

right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower

Question 3

what structure does the oesophagus pierce and at what vertebral level

Answer 3

diaphragm T10

Question 4

what functional sphincter surrounds the oesophagus

Answer 4

right crus

Question 5

what travels with the oesophagus from the thorax to the abdominal cavity

Answer 5

vagal trunks

Question 6

what demarcates the transition from oesophagus to stomach mucosa

Answer 6

z line

Question 7

what quadrant does the abdominal oesophagus enter

Answer 7

left upper

Question 8

what is the most dilated area of the GI tract

Answer 8

stomach

Question 9

where is the stomach located

Answer 9

left upper quadrant

Question 10

what is the stomachs position

Answer 10

intraperitoneal

Question 11

is the stomach mobile

Answer 11

yes

Question 12

what anchors the stomach

Answer 12

omenta on the major curvatures

Question 13

what is variable between stomachs (2)

Answer 13

size and shape

Question 14

what accomodates large expansions in the stomach

Answer 14

gastric rugae

Question 15

what controls gastric emptying into the duodenum

Answer 15

pyloric sphincter

Question 16

what creates the pyloric sphincter

Answer 16

muscular thickening of the pyloric canal

Question 17

parts of the stomach (9)

Answer 17

oesophagus, cardia, fundus, body, pyloric antrum, pyloric canal, duodenum, lesser curvature, grreater curvaturewhat

Question 18

where are gastric hernias likely to occur

Answer 18

gastro oesophageal junction

Question 19

what scan can show a gastric hernia

Answer 19

barium swallowing radiograph

Question 20

types of gastric hernias (2)

Answer 20

sliding hiatal hernia and paraoesophageal hiatal hernia

Question 21

stomach variations (4)

Answer 21

hypertonic, orthotonic, hypotonic, atonic

Question 22

what lies underneath the stomach

Answer 22

pancreas

Question 23

what is located inferior to the stomach

Answer 23

intestines

Question 24

on a barium swallowing radiograph what is a dark space in the stomach

Answer 24

gas bubble

Question 25

what does a drawn in area in a barium swallowing radiograph represent

Answer 25

peristaltic contraction

Question 26

what shape is the duodenum

Answer 26

C shaped loop

Question 27

what does the duodenum connect (2)

Answer 27

rest of the small intestines and stomach

Question 28

circular folds of mucosa in duodenum

Answer 28

plicae circulares

Question 29

plicae circulares role

Answer 29

increase absorption

Question 30

1st part of duodenum location (3)

Answer 30

intraperitoneal, dives right and posteriorly

Question 31

2nd part of duodenum location (2)

Answer 31

descends and receives bile

Question 32

3rd part of duodenum location

Answer 32

traverses midline horizontally

Question 33

4th part of duodenum location

Answer 33

ascends to duodenojejunal flexure

Question 34

duodenum features (4)

Answer 34

pancreas posterior, pyloric sphincter, bile duct with the heaptoduodenal ligament, plicae circulares

Question 35

what structures pass posterior to duodenum (4)

Answer 35

pancreas, IVC, abdominal aorta, psoas

Question 36

what lies lateral/posterior to duodenum

Answer 36

kidneys

Question 37

what passes anterior to the 3rd section of duodenum

Answer 37

superior mesenteric vessels

Question 38

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