Lecture 9: Abdomino-Pelvic Cavity

Question 1

The abdominal & Pelvic Cavities are __________

Answer 1

continuous, theres no physical seperation

Question 2

Abdomino-Pelvic cavity Quadrants

Answer 2

Left Upper
Right Upper
Left Lower
Right Lower

Question 3

Abdomino-Pelvic Cavity Regions

Answer 3

Left hypochondric
epigastric
right hypochondric
left lumbar
umbilical
right lumbar
left iliac
pubic
right iliac

Question 4

Accessory organs of the digestive system & function

Answer 4

liver
gallbladder
pancreas

secrete products that aid digestion in the gastrointestinal tract via the common bile duct & the pancreatic duct

Question 5

the spleen is

Answer 5

NOT a digestive organ, its just anatomically close to the upper left quadrant

Question 6

The esophagus travels

Answer 6

posteriorly through the diaphragm to join the stomach

Question 7

The esophagus enters the stomach at the

Answer 7

Cardia

Question 8

The omentum functions

Answer 8

• protective functions
• facilitates migration of immune cells into the peritoneal cavity
• walls off areas of inflammation
• used as a source of tissue for wound repair

Question 9

Greater Omentum Position

Answer 9

• extends from the greater curvature of the stomach
• covers the SI
• attaches to the transverse colon

Question 10

Lesser Omentum position

Answer 10

• extends from the lesser curvature of the stomach
• attaches to both the liver and duodenum

Question 11

Peritoneum function

Answer 11

double walled sac that contains sereous fluid & covers the organs

Question 12

Mesentery function

Answer 12

suspends the jejunum & ileum from the posterior abdominal wall

Question 13

Retroperitoneal organs

Answer 13

SAD PUCKER

suprarenal gland
aorta
duodenum
pancrease
ureters
colon
kidneys
esophagus
rectum

Question 14

Duodenum of the SI details

Answer 14

fixes, thick walled, immobile

Question 15

Jejunum & Ileum of the SI details

Answer 15

• relatively fluid, motile, easy to move around
• attach to the mesentary

Question 16

Parts of the Large Intestine

Answer 16

Ascending Colon
right colic flexture
Transverse Colon
left colic flexture
Descending Colon
Sigmoid Colon
Rectum
Anal Canal

Question 17

Diverticula Definition

Answer 17

tiny pouches that form in the colon

Question 18

The Liver: Falciform ligament function

Answer 18

seperates the right and left lobes

Question 19

The Liver is supplied blood by the

Answer 19

hepatic artery

Question 20

Portal Triad

Answer 20

• hepatic artery proper
• hepatic portal vein
• bile duct

Question 21

The liver removes blood by the

Answer 21

hepatic veins into the IVC

Question 22

The Liver ________ & the gallblader ________

Answer 22

the liver produces bile continuously & the gallbladder stores/secretes bile

Question 23

Movement of Bile

Answer 23

1. right and left hepatic ducts take bile from the liver
2. bile travels through the common hepatic duct
3. bile travels to the hepatopancreatic ampulla
4. bile & pancreatic secretions enter the duodenum

Question 24

If bile isnt neede in the duodenum, then

Answer 24

bile moves back up int the gallbladder

Question 25

Gallstones definition

Answer 25

hard deposits in the gallbladder

Question 26

The spleen details

Answer 26

• largest immunological organ
• contains a large resovoir of leukocytes
• recivers/filters blood for surveillance/extraction of old erthyrocytes
• highly variable in size and morphology

Question 27

Spleen issues

Answer 27

vulnerable to rupture in blunt trauma because of its superficial positioning posterio-laterally

Question 28

The spleen is supplied by the

Answer 28

splenic artery

Question 29

The celiac trunk supplies the foregut via

Answer 29

• common hepatic artery
• splenic artery
• left gastric artery

Question 30

The superior mesenteric artery

Answer 30

supplies the digestive tract from lower duodenum through 2/3’s of the transverse colon

Question 31

The inferior mesenteric artery function

Answer 31

supplies the descending colon, sigmoid colon and rectum