surface relationships

Question 1

What are the anterior surface relationships of the stomach?

Answer 1

Heptaic- medial pyloric canal/lesser curvature.cardiac notch/ medial inferior fundus

Phrenic- most of body/ superior lateral fundus/greater curvature

epigastric- pyloric antrum

Question 2

What are the posterior surface relationships?

Answer 2

splenic - superior lateral fundus
renal/suprarenal - inferior cardiac notch
pancreatic - middle body
colomesocolic- lateral inferior body/pyloric antrum

Question 3

What is in the inside of the stomach?

Answer 3

rugal folds

they form a rural canal when food passes straight to the pylorus

Question 4

What marks the transition from the stomach to duodenum?

Answer 4

pylorus sphincter