Stomach Flashcards
(61 cards)
What are the regions of the abdomen?
Right hypochondriac
Epigastric Region
Left hypochondriac
Right lumbar
Umbilical region
Left lumbar
Right iliac region
Hypogastrix
Left iliac region
The stomach occupies which region of the abdomen?
Left hypochondriac, umbilical and epigastric
The organic shape of the stomach describes?
A slightly oblique position
Hypersthenic shape describes?
More oblique, more prone to duodenal ulcer
Hypo/Asthenuc describes?
More vertical
Prone to gastric ulcers
What are the two ends of the stomach
Cardiac end and pyloric end
The pyloric end joins the?
Duodenum
The cardiac end joins?
The lower end of the oesophagus
The lesser curvature presents with an?
Angular notch
The lesser curvature is attached to the?
Lesser omentum
The greater curvature presents with a…at its upper end
Cardiac notch
The greater curvature forms the attachment point for?
Greater omentum, gastro splenic ligament and gastro phrenic ligament
The pyloric part of the stomach is divided into which parts?
Pyloric atrium, pyloric canal and pylorus
The circular muscle of the stomach is the thickest at?
The pylorus
The interior of the stomach consists of?
Gastric folds/rugae , gastric pits, gastric canals
What are gastric folds?
These are longitudinal folds along the lesser curvature into which the muscosa of an emptying stomach is thrown into
When does the rugae of the stomach disappear?
When the stomach is distended
What are gastric pits?
Small depressions in the mucosa in which the gastric glands open
Gastric canals are?
Longitudinal furrows within the longitudinal folds, this occurs temporarily during swallowing
The lesser one time extends from the?
Lesser curvature to the liver
The greater omentum extends from the ?
Lower 2/3rd of the Greater curvature to the transverse colon
The gastro splenic ligament extends from the
Upper 2/3rd of the greater omentum to the hilum of the spleen
The gastro phrenic ligament extends from the?
Cardiac end of the fundus to the left crux of the diaphragm
What are the posterior relations od the stomach?
Left crux of the diagram
Gastric impressions of the spleen
Anterior surface of the kidney
Anterior surface of the transverse colon
Anterior surface of the pancreas
Tortuous splenic artery
Supra renal gland