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| What is the name of the peritoneum lining the GI tract organs? |
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| How does the peritoneum compare to the pleura? |
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| It is the same, except for location |
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| Name three functions of the mesenteries. |
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| Support, fat storage, transmits vessels, nerves & lymphatics. |
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| What is the name of the mesentery that drapes off the greater curvature of the stomach? |
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| Why is the greater omentum referred to as the “Policeman of the abdomen”? |
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| It adheres to inflamed tissue and tends to separate it from the rest of the peritoneal cavity. |
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| In what quadrant is the liver located? |
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| What are the three parts of the small intestine? |
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| What part of the GI tract “frames” the small intestine? |
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| In what quadrant of the abdomen would you find the appendix? |
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| What is the name of the mesentery to the sigmoid colon? the small intestine? |
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| Sigmoid mesocolon, Mesentary Proper |
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| What is the location of the spleen? |
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| Left side, posterior to the mid-axillary line, oriented along the long axis of the 10th rib. |
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| What is the name of the colic flexure where the transverse colon turn into the descending colon? |
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| Left colic flexure or splenic flexure |
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| What is the characteristic shape of the stomach? |
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| What part of the stomach usually contains swallowed air? |
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| What is the name of the mucosal folds in the stomach? |
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| What is the name of the sphincter that lies between the stomach and duodenum? |
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| How is the first part of the duodenum like the last part of the stomach? |
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| What empties into the 2nd part of the duodenum? |
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| What is the characteristic shape of the duodenum? |
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| What lies nestled in the curve of the duodenum? |
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| What is the name of the mucosal folds in the small intestine? |
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| Name 5 ways the ileum differs from the jejunum? |
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| Ileum is smaller in size, has fewer and lower plica, is less vascular, has more encroaching mesenteric fat, has shorter vasa recti, more complicated arcades, have Peyer patches, possible Meckel’s diverticulum. |
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| What is the name of the part of the large intestine that connects to the ileum and the appendix? |
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| What is McBurney’s Point? |
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| Surface projection onto anterior abdominal wall of the location where the appendix originates from the cecum. |
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| 25.What characteristics distinguish the large intestine from the small intestine? |
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| The presence of tenia coli, plica semilunares, haustra, and epiploic appendages. |
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