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Lecture 3- Peritoneum Flashcards

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Arteries that supply blood to the foregut?

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Celiac trunk:

-Splenic, left gastric, and common hepatic

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Ventral mesentery of the foregut?

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  • Lesser omentum
  • Falciform ligament
  • Coronary/triangular ligaments
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Dorsal mesentery of the foregut?

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  • Gastrosplenic ligament
  • Splenorenal ligament
  • Gastrocolic ligament
  • Greater omentum
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Motor nerve supply of the foregut?

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Vagus nerve

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Organs within the midgut?

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  • 2nd half of duodenum
  • Jejunum
  • Ileum
  • Cecum (appendix)
  • Ascending colon
  • Proximal 2/3 of transverse colon
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Arteries that supply blood to the midgut?

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Superior mesenteric artery

-Ileocolic, right colic, and middle colic

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Ventral mesentery of the midgut?

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None

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Dorsal mesentery of the midgut?

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  • Mesointestine
  • Mesoappendix
  • Transverse mesocolon
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Motor nerve supply of the midgut?

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Vagus nerve

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Organs within the hindgut?

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  • Distal 1/3 of transverse colon
  • Descending colon
  • Sigmoid colon
  • Rectum
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Arteries that supply blood to the hindgut?

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Inferior mesenteric artery

-Left colic, sigmoid branches, superior rectal

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Ventral mesentery of the hindgut?

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None

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Dorsal mesentery of the hindgut?

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Sigmoid mesocolon

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Motor nerve supply of the hindgut?

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Pelvic splanchnic nerves

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Peritoneum

  • What is it?
  • 2 layers?
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  • A serous membrane

- Parietal and visceral layers (just like pleura and pericardium)

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Peritoneum

-Parietal layer?

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  • Lines the body wall

- Has abundant pain fibers

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Peritoneum

-Visceral layer (serosa)?

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  • Covers viscera

- Lacks pain fibers

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Nerve supply to the parietal peritoneum

  • Supplied by?
  • Type of fibers they supply?
  • What type of pain do they conduct?
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  • Nerves from the adjacent body wall supply parietal peritoneum
  • Supply pain and vasomotor fibers
  • Conduct sharp, stabbing pain-Rigid abdomen/”guarding”
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Visceral peritoneum-Invests viscera/organs

-Blood supply, lymphatic vasculature and visceral nerve supply?

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Same blood supply, lymphatic vasculature, and visceral nerve supply as the organs it covers

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Visceral peritoneum

  • Insensitive to?
  • Sensitive to?
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  • Insensitive to touch, heat, cold, and laceration

- Sensitive to stretching and chemical irritation

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Visceral Peritoneum

  • Pain from visceral peritoneum?
  • Type of pain?
  • Type of fibers?
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  • Poorly localized-e.g. referred pain
  • Crampy, colicky pain
  • Unmyelinated type C fibers
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General relations of viscera to peritoneum

  • Intraperitoneal organs
    • Covered by?
    • Suspended by?
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  • Covered on most sides by visceral peritoneum

- Suspended by mesentery from the body wall

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Retroperitoneal organs

  • Position relative to parietal peritoneum?
  • Covered by?
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  • Lie deep (“retro”) to the parietal peritoneum

- Covered by parietal peritoneum on ONE SIDE ONLY

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Organs of the abdomen and pelvis

-Intraperitoneal organs in the abdominal peritoneal cavity?

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  • Stomach
  • Small intestine (some of superior part of duodenum, all of jejunum and ileum)
  • Spleen
  • Liver
  • Gallbladder
  • Cecum (and appendix)
  • Large intestine (transverse and sigmoid)
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Intraperitoneal organs in the pelvic peritoneal cavity?
Uterus (fundus and body), ovaries, and uterine tubes
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Primarily vs secondarily retroperitoneal?
Secondarily retroperitoneal is when the organ loses its mesentery during development
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Organs that are primarily retroperitoneal? | -Easy way to remember this?
- Kidneys - Uretrers - Adrenal glands - Gonads/uterine cervix - Aorta and IVC - "Ask yourself if the organ is part of the gut? If the answer is no, then it is primarily retroperitoneal"
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Organs that are secondarily retroperitoneal?
- Duodenum (descending, horizontal, and ascending) - Pancreas - Ascending and descending colon - Rectum (upper 2/3)
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Organs that are infraperitoneal/subperitoneal?
- Urinary bladder - Distal ureters - Prostate - Seminal vesicle - Vagina - Rectum (lower 1/3)
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Peritoneal reflections in the adult | -Mesenteries
- 2 layered fold of the peritoneum | - THE mesentery
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THE mesentery | -What does it attach?
- Attaches the "free" small intestine to the posterior body wall - Jejunum - Ileum
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Ventral mesentery | -Mesentery attached to the stomach?
Mesogastrium
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The mesogastrium is the mesentery attached to the stomach | -Associated with the dorsal or ventral mesentery?
Ventral mesentery
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The dorsal aorta and its 3 branches run through which mesentery?
The dorsal mesentery
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The ventral mesentery only extends from what to what?
The ventral mesentery only extends from the respiratory diaphragm to the duodenum
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Subdivisions of mesentery - Transverse mesocolon - Function? - Fuses with?
- Mesentery of the transverse colon - Holds the transverse colon to the posterior body wall - Fuses with the posterior layer of the greater omentum
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Sigmoid mesocolon | -Function?
- Mesentery of the sigmoid colon | - Holds the sigmoid colon to the posterior body wall
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Mesoappendix
Mesentery of the vermiform appendix
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Peritoneal "ligaments" - May be subdivisions of a larger structure - Usually transmit? - Usually lack? - 2 examples?
- Usually transmit nerves and vessels - Usually lack CT and are not the same as ligaments that join bones - Gastrosplenic and splenorenal ligaments
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Omentum (epiploon)
Broad, 2 layered sheet of peritoneum that attaches the stomach to other viscera
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Lesser omentum | -**Develops from?**
-Develops from the ventral mesogastrium (mesentery)
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Lesser omentum | -Subdivided into 2 parts?
- Subdivided into 2 parts: - Hepatogastric ligament (stomach to liver) - Hepatoduodenal ligament (liver to duodenum)
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Hepatoduodenal ligament contains?
Portal triad-proper hepatic artery, hepatic portal vein, and common bile duct
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Greater omentum | -***Develops from?***
-Develops from the dorsal mesogastrium
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Organs of the foregut?
Stomach, esophagus, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and 1st half of duodenum
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Greater omentum | -3 ligaments?
- Gastrocolic ligament (stomach to transverse colon) - Gastrophrenic ligament (stomach to diaphragm) - Gastrosplenic ligament (stomach to spleen)
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Peritoneal ligaments | -3 ligaments associated with the liver?
- Coronary ligaments - Right and left triangular ligaments - Falciform ligament (ligamentum teres hepatis)
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"Minor" fold | -definition?
A ridge or elevation in the peritoneum produced by underlying vessels
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Fossae (fossa) or recesses
- Depressions between folds - Superior duodenal fold and fossa, inferior duodenal fold and fossa, paraduodenal fold, retroduodenal fossa - Fold is formed by inferior mesenteric vein posterior to peritoneum?
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Folds and fossa of the internal aspect of the abdominal wall
Structures coursing through the extraperitoneal tissue form elevations on the interior abdominal wall called peritoneal (umbilical) folds
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Median umbilical fold - ligament? - Obliterated? - Midline from?
- Median umbilical ligament - Obliterated urachus - Midline from bladder
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Medial umbilical folds (2) - Ligaments? - Obliterated?
- Medial umbilical ligaments | - Obliterated umbilical arteries
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Lateral umbilical folds (2) - Formed by? - Contains?
- Inferior epigastric vessels | - Functional arteries and veins
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Falciform ligament | -Remnant of?
Ventral mesogastrium
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Falciform ligament | -Contains?
- Ligamentum teres hepatis (round ligament of the liver) in its lower free border - Obliterated umbilical vein
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Peritoneal fossae - Supravesical fossa-located between what folds? - What can happen here?
- Located between the median (center of the body) and medial umbilical folds - Site for supravesical hernias (rare)
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Medial inguinal fossa - Located between what folds? - What type of hernia can occur here?
- Located between the medial and lateral umbilical folds | - Direct inguinal hernias occur here
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Lateral inguinal fossa - Where is it located? - What type of hernia can occur here?
- Lateral to the lateral umbilical folds | - Indirect inguinal hernias occur here
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Greater peritoneal sac-Most of the potential space within the abdomen -Can be subdivided into?
Can be subdivided into supracolic (supramesocolic) and infracolic regions by the colon and transverse mesocolon
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Greater peritoneal sac - Supracolic region - Location relative to liver and stomach? - Includes what spaces/fossae?
- Superior and anterior to the liver and stomach | - Includes hepatorenal and subphrenic spaces and fossae of the anterior abdominal wall
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Peritoneal cavity
- A closed potential space between parietal and visceral layers of peritoneum - Recesses and fossae of the peritoneal cavity-Clinically important because abscesses may develop and excess fluid (ascites) will pool here
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Greater peritoneal sac | -Infracolic region-which part of the greater sac is it?
Inferior and posterior
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Greater peritoneal sac | -Infracolic region-subdivided by?
- Subdivided by mesenteries and ligaments | - Upper and lower parts are divided by THE mesentery into right and left infracolic spaces
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Greater peritoneal sac | -Infracolic region-Right and left paracolic gutters are lateral to?
Ascending and descending colon
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Greater peritoneal sac | -Infracolic region-Why is the space clinically important?
Intraperitoneal infections spread here
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Greater peritoneal sac | -Infracolic region-What ligament prevents the spread of fluid superiorly?
Phrenicocolic ligament
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Lesser peritoneal sac | -Location relative to the stomach?
Posterior and inferior to the stomach
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Recesses of the lesser peritoneal sac | -Superior recess-posterior to?
Posterior to the liver
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Recesses of the lesser peritoneal sac | -Inferior recess-Potential space between the?
2 layers of the gastrocolic ligament
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Recesses of the lesser peritoneal sac | -Splenic recess-Location relative to the stomach?
Posterior and left of the stomach
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Greater and lesser peritoneal sacs communicate through?
the epiploic foramen (of Winslow)
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Lesser peritoneal sac has a clinically important relationship to what organs?
liver, pancreas, stomach, and spleen
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Epiploic foramen (of Winslow)
-Opening between the greater and lesser sacs
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``` Epiploic foramen (of Winslow) -anterior? ```
hepatoduodenal ligament with the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct
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``` Epiploic foramen (of Winslow) -posterior? ```
IVC, diaphragm
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``` Epiploic foramen (of Winslow) -Superior? ```
Liver, caudate lobe
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``` Epiploic foramen (of Winslow) -Inferior? ```
Duodenum, 1st part
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