Worksheet 3 - Stomach, midgut and vessels

Question 1

where is the cardia?

Answer 1

superior part of stomach - lower than the fundus

Question 2

what ligament joins the stomach and the liver?

Answer 2

hepato-gastric ligament

Question 3

which is an anatomical sphincter is the stomach?

Answer 3

pyloric sphincter

Question 4

what vertebral + plane does the pylorus lie?

Answer 4

L1 - transpyloric plane

Question 5

which nerve is anterior to the stomach?

Answer 5

left vagus nerve

Question 6

which nerve is posterior to the stomach?

Answer 6

right vagus nerve

Question 7

which area of the gut does the coelic trunk supply?

Answer 7

Foregut

Question 8

what 6 organs make up the foregut?

Answer 8

stomach 
spleen 
liver 
pancreas 
superior duodenum 
oesophagus

Question 9

3 branches of coelic artery

Answer 9

common hepatic
left gastric
splenic

Question 10

branches of common hepatic

Answer 10

R+L hepatic
cystic

right gastric

gastroduodenal

Question 11

branches of gastroduodenal

Answer 11

supraduodenal
superior pancreaticoduodenal
right gastro-omental/epiploic

Question 12

branches of left gastric

Answer 12

oesphogeal

Question 13

in relation to the stomach, where does the splenic artery lie?

Answer 13

posterior to stomach

Question 14

where does the left gastro-omental artery branch form?

Answer 14

spleen

Question 15

level of coelic trunk

Answer 15

T12

Question 16

what forms the hub of autonomic nerve supply to the abdominal viscera?

Answer 16

coeliac plexus

Question 17

where is the coelic plexus?

Answer 17

either side of coelic trunk

Question 18

which artery runs across the lesser curvature of the stomach?

Answer 18

left gastric

Question 19

what artery runs across the upper border of the pancreas

Answer 19

splenic artery

Question 20

which region of the gut does the SMA supple?

Answer 20

midgut

Question 21

what organs make up midgut

Answer 21

pancreas
small intestine
ascending + transverse colon

Question 22

where is the origin of the midgut

Answer 22

duodeno-jejunal junction

Question 23

which junction lies in the right iliac fossa? what is this?

Answer 23

ilio-cecal junction (ilium to cecum)

Question 24

which has a thicker wall, larger lumen + longer vasa recta? jejunum or ilium?

Answer 24

jejunum

Question 25

describe the arcades of jejunum

Answer 25

few large loops

Question 26

describe the arcades of ilem

Answer 26

many small loops

Question 27

describe plicae circularis of jejunum

Answer 27

large, tall, closely packed

Question 28

are they plicae circuluris in the ileum?

Answer 28

no

Question 29

what are peyers patches

Answer 29

lymph nodes inside intestinal wall

Question 30

describe peyers patches in the ileum

Answer 30

many

Question 31

describe peyers patches in jejunum

Answer 31

few

Question 32

vertebral level of SMA

Answer 32

L1

Question 33

1st branch of the SMA

Answer 33

inferior pancreatico-duodenal artery

Question 34

branches of SMA on the RHS

Answer 34

IMRI inf pancreatico-duodenal middle colic right colic ileocolic

Question 35

branches of SMA on the LHS

Answer 35

jejunal + ileal

Question 36

where does the appendicular artery branch from ?

Answer 36

ilio-colic

Question 37

name of longitudinal muscle in colon

Answer 37

taeniae coli

Question 38

fat-filled tags in colon

Answer 38

appendices epiploicae

Question 39

which part of the colon are the appendices epiploicae not present

Answer 39

caecum, sigmoid

Question 40

what is a vermiform appendix?

Answer 40

blind ended tube connected to cecum

Question 41

what is the mesoappendix?

Answer 41

mesentery of appendix

Question 42

what structures run within the mesoappendix?

Answer 42

appendicular artery + vein

Question 43

where do the 3 taenie coli merge?

Answer 43

at the root of the appendix

Question 44

where does the acending colon run to and form?

Answer 44

right iliac fossa to hepatic flexure

Question 45

where does the descending colon run to and form?

Answer 45

splenic flexure to pelvic brim

Question 46

where are diverticula most common?

Answer 46

sigmoid colon

Question 47

where does McBurney's point run to and from

Answer 47

umbilical region to ASIS

Question 48

most common location of appendix

Answer 48

retrocaecal

Question 49

less common location of appendix

Answer 49

pelvic brim

Question 50

what is posterior to the lesser sac -2

Answer 50

pancreas | splenic artery

Question 51

why is the L gastro-omental artery not seen very well in situ?

Answer 51

posterior to diaphragm

Question 52

name of pouches in colon

Answer 52

haustra

Question 53

function of taniae coli

Answer 53

pushes food along the colon