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The portal vein is formed by? |
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· The union of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins behind the neck of the pancreas. |
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The inferior mesenteric vein passes |
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in front of the left renal vein before entering the splenic vein behind the body of the pancreas |
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The right gastric artery is a |
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branch of the common hepatic artery. |
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The blood supply f the stomach is derived from what? |
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hree branches of the coeliac curvature
Common hepatic arteries
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Gastroduodenal artery arises from |
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Branches of the left gastric artery supply the |
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the lower oesophageal gut by passing up through the esophageal hiatus in the diaphragm. |
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borders of the abdomen. Superior and inferior |
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Diaphram to the pelvic inlet |
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This is the largest and most superficial of the 3 flat abdominal muscles |
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External abdominal oblique |
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By intercostal nerves T7-11, subcostal nerve (T12), and iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerves (L1) |
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where does the aponeuroses of the internal oblique and transverse abdominal muscles fuse to form the conjoint tendon. |
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what can lead to hernias? |
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A weakness in the anterior abdominal wall |
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underlying viscera and fat may protrude anteriorly and cause a bulge or rupture of the anterior muscle layers. invagination of the parietal peritoneum |
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The most common types of abdominal wall hernias are |
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inguinal hernias, umbilical hernias, linea alba hernias (usually occur in the epigastric region), and incisional hernias (occur at the site of a previous surgical scar). |
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an imaginary horizontal line across the lower margin of the costal cartilages; it crosses the descending duodenum. |
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The transumbilical plane is |
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horizontal line passing through the umbilicus and the L3-4 intervertebral disc. |
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The transtubercular plane passes through |
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the iliac tubercles of the iliac crest and corresponds to the body of the 5th lumbar vertebra. |
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xiphoid process to the pubic symphysis |
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the anterior layer of the rectus sheath comprises the fused aponeuroses of the external and internal abdominal oblique muscles, whereas the posterior layer comprises the fused aponeuroses of the internal abdominal oblique and the transversus abdominis muscles |
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the aponeuroses of all 3 muscles fuse to form the anterior layer of the sheath; and the rectus abdominis muscle rests only on the thin transversalis fascia |
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he inferior epigastric vessels form the lateral umbilical fold and anastomose with |
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the superior epigastric vessels, which are continuous with the internal thoracic (mammary) vessels. This arterial vascular anastomosis is important in providing blood to the abdominal wall, because these arteries have connections all along their route with intercostal arteries (in the thorax) and segmental lumbar branches in the abdomen. |
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the muscular diaphragm draws the central tendon downward and forward during inspiration. This increases the volume of the thoracic cavity and decreases the volume of the |
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Phrenic nerve (C3, C4, and C5) 3 4 and 5 keep you alive |
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the caval hiatus opening for what vessel and at what vertebral level? |
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inferior vena cava (at the level of the T8 vertebra |
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esophageal hiatus opening for what vessel and at what vertebral level? |
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esophagus (at the level of the T10 vertebra |
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aortic hiatus opening for what vessel and at what vertebral level? |
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aorta (in front of the T12 vertebra). |
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Where the diaphragm passes over the aorta |
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it forms an arch called the median arcuate ligamen |
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the anterolateral abdominal wall is bound superiorly by? inferiorly by? |
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cartilages of 7th to 10th ribs and xiphoid process of sternum. inguinal ligament superior margins of the anterolateral aspects of the pelvic girdle (iliac crest, pubic crests and pubic symphysis. |
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Which muscle is innervated by the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve? |
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