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30 Cards in this Set
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where does aorta enter abdomen |
aortic hiatus behind diaphragm T12 |
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Where is aortic hiatus |
Behind median arcuate ligament that joins the 2 crura |
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Bifurcation of aorta into L & R common iliac |
L4 roughly below umbilicus |
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common iliacs give off internal ilacs and continue as external iliacs |
L5 |
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Descending aorta paired lateral branches |
- 4 pairs lumbar branches - (+5th fused pair: median sacral artery) - pair inferior phrenic arteries - pair middle suprarenal arteries - pair renal arteries - pair gonadal arteries |
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Descending aorta unpaired midline branches |
- Coeliac trunk - SMA - IMA |
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IMA arises from aorta at... |
L3 |
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SMA and coeliac trunk arise at... |
high up in front of first lumbar vertebral body |
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Coeliac supplies |
foregut - pharynx, oesophagus, stomach |
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SMA supplies |
midgut - duodenum, jejunum, ileum, caecum, ascending colon, 2/3 transverse colon |
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IMA supplies |
hindgut - 1/3 transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anal canal |
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muscles behind the kidney |
psoas quadratus lumborum tranversus abdominis |
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nerves running across posterior ab wall between posterior ab wall muscles and kidney |
subcostal nerve iliohypogastric nerve ilioinguinal nerve |
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organs related to right kidney through renal fascia |
2nd part duodenum gall bladder hepatic flexure of colon |
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organs related to right kidney through peritoneal coverings |
small intestine liver |
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organs related to left kidney through renal fascia |
body of pancrease splenic flexure of colon |
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organs related to left kidney through peritoneal coverings |
spleen stomach small intestine |
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trifurcation in the kidney??? |
renal pelvis trifurcates into major calyces which in turn trifurcate into minor calyces |
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Suprarenal glands supply (3 of them) |
- Superior suprerenal artery from inferior phrenic artery - Middle suprarenal artery direct from aorta - Inferior suprarenal artery from renal artery |
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Falciform ligament |
Liver to anterior ab wall |
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Lesser omentum |
lesser curvature of stomach to liver |
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Greater omentum |
greater curvature of stomach to root of mesentery on the posterior ab wall |
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Lienorenal ligament |
spleen to left kidney |
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Gastrosplenic ligament |
greater curvature of stomach to spleen |
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Gastrocolic ligament |
greater curvature of stomach to transverse colon |
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hepatoduodenal ligament |
lower end of free edge of lesser omentum, under the epiploic foramen |
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retroperitoneal (antonym : intraperitoneal) |
behind the peritoneum |
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lesser sac |
omental bursa between posterior surface of stomach and posterior ab wall |
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greater sac |
big part of ab cavity |
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epiploic foramen |
connects greater sac to lesser sac free edge of the lesser omentum |
