alimentary Flashcards
at what level trachea starts, enters diaphragm and stomach?
C6, T10, T11
embryonic origin of falciform ligament?
ventral mesentery
the part of ventral mesentery between anterior liver anteriorly and stomach posteriorly forms the ……
lesser omentum
the greater omentum forms from …..
dorsal mesentery
what are the attachments of greater omentum?
transverse mesocolon, gastrosplenic ligament, greater curvature of stomach, first part of duodenum
what are the attachments of lesser omentum?
lesser curvature of stomach-hepatogastric , first part of duodenum-hepatoduodenal, posterior surface of liver
function of lesser sac?
movement or expansion of stomach
function of greater omentum?
immune-macrophages, damage and inflammation protection.
what is epiploic foramen?
the opening behind free edge of lesser omentum
why do we have retroperitoneal organs?
due to the dusion of mesentery with posterior body wall.
what is the level of pyloric sphincter?
transpyloric plane
whats the level of cardiac orifice?
xiphosternal joint-
what is the name dedicated to duodenal folds?
plicae
what does the root of mesentery suspend?
jejunum and ileum
features of jejunal mesentery?
long vasa recta, fewer arcades, less fatty, thicker, more vascular, payers patches few and small
features of ileum’s mesentery?
shorter vasa recta, many arcades, more fat, less inner folds==> thinner walls, more payers patches.