the abdomen pt3 retroperitoneal Flashcards

unit 3 the abdomen and pelvis (64 cards)

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What retroperitoneal organ has both exocrine and endocrine functions and extends horizontally from the edge of the duodenum toward the left abdominal cavity, touching the spleen?

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Pancreas

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What portion of the pancreas lies in the curvature of the duodenum?

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Head

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What is the central, elongated portion of the pancreas extending toward the left lateral abdominal wall?

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Body

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What portion of the pancreas approaches the spleen?

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Tail

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What structure within the pancreas drains pancreatic juice and bicarbonate to the duodenum?

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Pancreatic duct

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What are ductless glands whose products are secreted directly into the blood?

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endocrine glands

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What are regulatory chemicals secreted directly into the blood by the ductless glands and carried to target cells that respond by an alteration of their metabolism?

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Hormones

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What is the study of the endocrine system?

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Endocrinology

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What characteristic of endocrine glands ensures that their products enter the bloodstream immediately?

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They are highly vascular

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What is a heterocrine gland?

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A gland that performs both exocrine and endocrine functions

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What are the clusters of endocrine cells of the pancreas?

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Pancreatic islets

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The pancreas produces what hormones to regulate blood glucose levels?

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Insulin
Glucagon

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What system of ducts carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum?

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Billiary apparatus

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What structures drain bile from the left and right lobes of the liver?

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Left and right hepatic ducts

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Structures draining the right and left lobes of the liver merge to form what structure?

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Common hepatic duct

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What structure carries bile to and from the gallbadder?

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Cystic duct

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The union of the cystic duct and common hepatic duct forms what structure?

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Common bile duct

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What is the enlargement in the posterior abdominal wall where the common bile duct and pancreatic duct merge?

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Hepatopancreatic ampulla

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Bile and pancreatic juice enter the duodenum via what structure?

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Major duodenal papilla

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How many adrenal glands are there?

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Two

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Where are the adrenal glands located?

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On the superior surface of each kidney

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What are the two parts of the adrenal glands?

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Adrenal cortex
Adrenal medulla

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The adrenal cortex produces what group of hormones?

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Corticosteroids
-aldosterone (increases BP and Salt retention
-cortisol (increase blood sugar)
-DHEA (important for sex hormone production)

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The adrenal medulla is a part of what portion of the nervous system?

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Sympathetic division of the ANS

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The adrenal medulla produces what hormones?
Adrenaline (epinephrine) Norepinephrine
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What specialty in medicine focuses on the urinary system?
Urology
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What are the organs of the urinary system?
Kidneys Ureters Urinary bladder Urethra
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What are the organs of the urinary tract?
Ureters Urinary bladder Urethra
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List the functions of the urinary system.
Remove waster products Storage of urine Excretion of urine Blood volume regulation Regulation of erythrocyte production (Regulation of pH of the blood) (regulation of electrolytes)
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In relation to the peritoneum, what is the position of the kidneys?
Retroperitoneal
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Where are the kidneys located?
The superior pole of each kidney is about at the level of T12 The inferior pole is about at the level of L3
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One kidney is lower than the other. Which one? Why?
Right kidney Large size of the right lobe of the liver
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In what part of a kidney do the vessels, nerves, and ureters connect to it?
Hilum
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What internal space of a kidney houses the renal arteries , renal veins, lymphatic vessels, nerves, the renal pelvis, renal calyces, and fat?
Renal sinus
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What layer of dense irregular connective tissue covers the outer surface of the kidney maintaining its shape, protecting it from trauma, and preventing the spread of infectious pathogens?
Fibrous (renal) capsule
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What layer of lipid-filled cells completely surrounds the kidney and offers cushioning and insulation?
Perinephric (perirenal) fat or adipose capsule
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In a coronal section what is the outer, granular layer?
Renal cortex
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In a coronal section what is the darker inner layer?
Renal medulla
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What are the triangular shaped structures within the darker, inner layer of a kidney seen in coronal section?
Renal pyramids (medullary pyramids)
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In the darker, inner layer of a kidney seen in a coronal section what structures lay between the triangular shaped structures?
Renal columns
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What part of a renal pyramid projects into the renal sinus?
Renal papilla
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What funnel-shaped structure attaches to a renal pyramid to collect urine?
Minor calyx
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The funnel-shaped structures attached to the renal pyramids within the renal sinus merge to form what still larger structures?
Major calyces
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What large, funnel-shaped structure within the renal sinus collects urine and delivers it to the ureter?
Renal pelvis
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What is the main blood supply to the kidney?
Renal artery
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What vein drains the kidney?
Renal vein
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What long, fibromuscular tubes conduct urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder?
Ureters
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What is the location of the ureters?
Retroperitoneal
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What rhythmic movements of smooth muscle propel urine along the length of a ureter?
Peristalsis
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Pain from a ureter is projected to what dermatomes? Where are these located?
T11-L2 (loin-groin)
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From what regions of the CNS does the sympathetic division arise?
The lateral horns of the T1-L2 regions of the spinal chord
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What sympathetic ganglia lie on the left and right sides of the vertebral column from T1-L2?
Sympathetic trunk (paravertebral or chain) ganglia
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What specific regions of the spinal cord house the cell bodies of the parasympathetic division of the ANS?
Lateral gray regions of the S2-S4 spinal cord segments
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What does "splanchnic" mean?
Visceral
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What is a "plexus"?
The word mean "to plait" or braid. In anatomy this word is used to describe interwoven networks of nerves or blood vessels
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What structures are composed of preganglionic axons that do not synapse in a sympathetic trunk ganglion?
Splanchnic nerves
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Splanchnic nerves of the sympathetic division of the ANS terminate in what structures?
Prevertebral (collateral) ganglia
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What pathway is postganglionic axon within if it passes through the sympathetic trunk ganglia without synapsing and extends to the prevertebral ganglia?
Splanchnic nerve pathway
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What pathway in the sympathetic division goes to the adrenal medulla?
Adrenal medulla pathway
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What are collections of sympathetic postganglionic axons and parasympathetic preganglionic axons, as well as some visceral sensory axons?
Autonomic plexuses
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What structures are singular rather than paired, are anterior to the vertebral column, and are located only in the abdominal cavity?
Prevertebral ganglia
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List the three prevertebral ganglia.
Celiac ganglion Superior mesenteric ganglion Inferior mesenteric ganglion
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What nerves carry fibers of the parasympathetic division of the ANS through the pelvis?
Pelvic splanchnic nerves
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The lumbar plexus arises from the anterior rami of what spinal nerves?
L1-L4