hindgut and associated arteries, liver, gall bladder and biliary tree

Question 1

What vertebral level is the IMA given off

Answer 1

L3

Question 2

If the IMS is broken why will this not impair gut function

Answer 2

collateral circulation via the marginal artery

Question 3

What is a sigmoid volvulus and why is it a serious condition

Answer 3

obstruction of colon due to twisting around sigmoid mesocolon
causes chronic constipation and bowel ischaemia

Question 4

How many curves are in the rectum

Answer 4

3

Question 5

What is the definition of a portal vein

Answer 5

blood vessel that takes blood from one capillary bed to a second prior to entering the vena cava
another one around the pituitary gland

Question 6

what is the purpose of the portal circulation

Answer 6

allows blood carrying digested chyme to the processed by liver

Question 7

Which lymphatic channel originates from the cisterna chyli

Answer 7

thoracic duct

Question 8

what are Peyer’s patches

Answer 8

areas of lymphoid tissue located within the walls of the small intestine

Question 9

Where would you feels referred pain from your foregut?

Answer 9

epigastric region

Question 10

where would you feel pain from your midgut

Answer 10

umbilical region

Question 11

where would you feel pain from your hindgut

Answer 11

hypogastric/pubic region

Question 12

what structure if found in the free edge of the falciform ligament

Answer 12

umbilical vein

Question 13

what structures pass though the porta hepatis

Answer 13

left/right hepatic ducts, hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery

Question 14

which ligaments contribute to the support of the liver

Answer 14

falciform and triangular

Question 15

what is the function of the gallbladder

Answer 15

store and concentration of bile

Question 16

where is the sphincter of Oddi

Answer 16

Surrounding the hepatopancreatic ampulla

Question 17

if a gallstone was lodge in the sphincter of Oddi what organs would be affected

Answer 17

duodenum and pancreas