Final Flashcards
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Abdominal cavity is bound by what?
Muscle, bone, serous membrane
Cranial border of abdominal cavity
Diaphram
Caudal border of abdominal cavity
Pelvic inlet
Dorsal border of abdominal cavity
Vertebrae, sublumbar muscles, curry of diaphram
Lateral border of abdominal wall
Ribs and costal arch (intrathoracic)
Muscles of abdominal wall (extrathroacic muscles of abdominal wall)
Ventral border of abdominal cavity
Rectus abdominus m.
What is the serous lining of abdominal cavity
Peritoneum (mesothelium, transersalis fascia)
Connecting peritoneum of abdominal cavity
Between parietal and visceral
Suspends the organs
Peritonitis
Inflammation of peritomeum
Fluid is constantly turned over and can often pick up toxins are become inflamed
What are mesenteries
Double layers of peritoneum that connect the viscera to the dorsal and ventral walls
Dorsal mesentaries
Greater omentum -embryologically developed from dorsal body wall Mesoduodenum Mesentery Mesocolon Mesorectum Later ligament of urinary bladder
Ventral mesenteries
Falciparum ligament
Lesser omentum
Median ligament of the urinary bladder
The superficial and deep greater momentum make a potential space called the ?
Omental bursa
What makes up the GI tract
Stomach
Small intestine - duodenum, jejunum, ileum
Large intestine -cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, and descending colon
What are the accessory organs of digestion
Liver
Gall bladder
Pancreas
Where are the greater and lesser curvatures of the stomach located?
Greater -left of esophagus to caudal edge (greater omentum attached here)
Lesser -left to esophagus (cranial)
What is the Cardia of the stomach
Where esophagus enters
Fund us?
?
Angular incisure
Delineation between body and pyloric
Bend
What is the pyloric region of the stomach and its parts?
Antrum
Canal
Sphincter
What are the folds of the stomach?
Rugae :O
Non distended view
Moderately distended
Difference?
Very distended topography of stomach
?
What is gastric dilation -volvulus
Stomach is twisted on itself
Dilation of stomach followed by twisting on longitudinal axis
Great dane, german Sheppard, poodle
Medical emergency!!!