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15 Cards in this Set
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What supports the abdominal organs of the GI tract?
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serous membranes
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The wall of the abdominal organs have specific layers called what?
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tunics
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Within the abdomen, organs that are completely surrounded by visceral perintoeum are called what?
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intraperitoneal organs
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What are the intraperitoneal organs?
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stomach, jejunum and ileum of the small intestine, cecum, appendix, and most of the large intestine
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What organs are retroperitoneal?
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most of the duodenum, pancreas, kidneys, ascending colon, descending colon, and rectum
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What are the mesenteries?
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double-layered folds of peritoneum that support and stabilize the intraperitoneal GI tract organs
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What structures do the mesenteries support and stabilize?
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intraperitoneal GI tract organs
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What are sandwiched between the folds of the mesenteries and travel to the digestive organs?
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BV's, lymphatic vessels, and nerves
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what extends inferiorly like an apron from the greater curvatrue of the stomach and covers most of the abdominal organs?
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the greater omentum
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What is a fan-shaped fold of peritoneum that suspends most of the small intestine from the internal surface of the posterior abdominal wall?
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mesentery proper
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The fold in the peritoneum that attaches parts of the large intestine to the internal surface of the posterior abdominal wall is called what?
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mesocolon
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What is the mesentery proper?
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fan-shaped fold of peritoneum that suspends most of the small intestine from the internal surface fo the posterior abdominal wall
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What is the mesocolon?
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the fold in the peritoneum that attaches parts of the large intestine to the internal surface of the posterior abdominal wall
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What attaches one organ to another organ, or attaches an organ to the anterior or lateral abdominal wall?
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the peritoneal ligament
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What attaches the liver to the anterior internal abdominal wall?
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falciform ligament
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