Abdominal Viscera 2

Question 1

where does the foregut begin?

Answer 1

abdominal esophagus

Question 2

where does the foregut end?

Answer 2

first 1/3 of duodenum

Question 3

to which gut does the proximal large intestine belong to?

Answer 3

midgut

Question 4

to which gut does the distal large intestine belong to?

Answer 4

the hindgut

Question 5

What is the cecum?

Answer 5

blind ended pouch covered in peritoneum but no mesentary

Question 6

ileocecal valve

Answer 6

one way velave btw ileum and cecum that prevents backflow

Question 7

where is the vermiform appendix located?

Answer 7

inferior aspect of the cecum

Question 8

What is the veniform appendix suspended by?

Answer 8

mesoappendix

Question 9

what side is the appendix on?

Answer 9

right side

Question 10

What is mcburney’s point?

Answer 10

point on anterior ab wall that is lateral 1/3 of the distance from ASIS to umbilicus

Question 11

What are the 4 parts of the colon?

Answer 11

ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid

Question 12

Wher is ascending colon?

Answer 12

right upper abdomen

Question 13

Where is descending colon?

Answer 13

left upper abdomen

Question 14

Which parts of the colon are retroperitoneal?

Answer 14

ascending colon and descending colon

Question 15

Which parts of the colon are intraperitoneal?

Answer 15

transverse and sigmoid

Question 16

What is taeniae coli?

Answer 16

3 longitudinal bands of smooth muscle that run along the outer layer of the entie colon

Question 17

What are haustra?

Answer 17

series of pouches in wall of colon, created my muscle tone in taeniae coli

Question 18

What does haustra allow for?

Answer 18

expansion and elongation of the colon

Question 19

What is the mesoclon?

Answer 19

peritoneal covering of the colon that has small arteries and veins that supply the colon

Question 20

What is the mesoappendix?

Answer 20

Peritoneal covering that connects the appendix to the ileum and cecum

Question 21

where does the midgut transfer to the hindgut?

Answer 21

distal 1/3 of the transverse colon

Question 22

which parts of the SMA supply the colon?

Answer 22

ileocolic, right colic, and middle colic branches (MRI)

Question 23

Which parts of the colon does the large intestine supply?

Answer 23

ascending and transverse

Question 24

Which parts of the colon fdes the IMA supply?

Answer 24

descending and sigmoid colon

Question 25

Which branches of the IMA supply the colon?

Answer 25

left colic, sigmoidal, and superior rectal branch

Question 26

what is the marginal artery of drummond?

Answer 26

an anastomoses btw the right, middle, and colic arteries that is key for collateral circulation or alternative supply?

Question 27

what are the 5 portions of the pancreas?

Answer 27

tail, body, neck, head, uncinate process

Question 28

Where is the portal vein with regards to the pancreas?

Answer 28

behind it

Question 29

Where is the SMA with regards to the pancreas?

Answer 29

behind it

Question 30

Where is the splenic artery with regards to the colon?

Answer 30

above the colon

Question 31

What does the splenic vein drain?

Answer 31

foregut - spleen, lower esophagus, stomach, pancreas (forgut!)

Question 32

where is the superior mesenteric vein?

Answer 32

within mesentery, anterior to 3rd part of dueodenum, joins splenic vein behind pancreas to form hepatic portal vein

Question 33

Where does superior mesenteric vein drain?

Answer 33

drains area supplied by SMA - ileocecum (what connects small intestine to large intestine) , left colic, middle colic

Question 34

where is inferior mesenteric vein?

Answer 34

left posterior mesenteric wall, joins splenic vein behind pancreas.

Question 35

Where does splenic vein drain into?

Answer 35

hepatic portal vein

Question 36

what does inferior rmesenteric vein drain?

Answer 36

areas supplied by IMA, left colic and sigmoidal, and superior rectal

Question 37

what two veins unite to form the hepatic portal vein?

Answer 37

splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein

Question 38

what kind of blood does hepatic portal vein carry?

Answer 38

blood rich with nutrients from digestive tract

Question 39

Where does hepatic portal vein carry blood to?

Answer 39

the hepatic portal vein carries nutrient rich blood to the liver