Flashcards in PERITONEUM Deck (8)
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Two continuous layers of peritoneum
PARIETAL PERITONEUM
VISCERAL PERITONEUM
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Lining the internal surface of the abdomino-pelvic wall
SENSITIVE to pressure, pain, heat and cold
PAIN IS GENERALLY LOCALIZED
Served by the same blood and lymphatic vasculature and same somatic nerve supply as the region of the wall it lines
PARIETAL PERITONEUM
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Investing organs/viscera
INSENSITIVE to touch, heat, cold and stimulated primarily by stretching
PAIN IS POORLY LOCALIZED
Served by the same blood and lymphatic vasculature and same visceral nerve supply as the organs it covers
Peritoneum and viscera are located in the abdominopelvic cavity
VISCERAL PERITONEUM
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Relationship of the viscera to the peritoneum
INTRAPERITONEAL ORGANS
EXTRAPERITONEAL, RETROPERITONEAL AND SUBPERITONEAL
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Covered with visceral peritoneum
Intrapeironeal organs
6
Outside, external or posterior to the parietal peritoneum
Partially covered with peritoneum (usually on one surface)
EXTRAPERITONEAL, RETROPERITONEAL AND SUBPERITONEAL
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If an abdominal infection spread RETROPERITONEALLY, which of the ff structures would most likely be affected
DESCENDING COLON
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