GI Anatomy Part 5

Question 1

What is the mesentery?

Answer 1

A double fold of visceral peritoneum

Question 2

What is the function of the peritoneum?

Answer 2

Suspends the small and large intestine from the posterior abdominal wall

Conduit for blood vessels, nerves and lymphs

Pathological role in inflammatory diseases

Question 3

What is an aortic aneurysm?

Answer 3

A dilation of the artery to more than 1.5 times its original size

Question 4

Where does the abdominal aorta bifurcate?

Answer 4

L4

Question 5

Where does the coeliac, superior mesenteric and inferior mesenteric arteries branch?

Answer 5

Coeliac-T12
Superior mesenteric-L1
Inferior mesenteric- L3

Question 6

At what vertebral level does the common iliac vessels form to create the IVC?

Answer 6

L5

Question 7

A vein from another structure drains into one of the renal vein what is it and on which side

Answer 7

Left testicular/ovarian vein into left renal vein

Question 8

What forms the hepatic portal vein?

Answer 8

Splenic vein
Superior mesenteric vein

(inferior mesenteric vein drains into splenic)