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| The jejunum makes up about how much of the small intenstine? |
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| The ileum makes up about how much of the small intestine? |
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| What is the ligament of treitz (suspensory ligament of the duodenum)? |
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| ligament that connects the duodenum to the diapraghm |
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| Jejunum or Ileum have a thick wall? |
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| Jejunum or Ileum have many arcades? |
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| Jejunum or Ileum have a translucent mesentery? |
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| Jejunum or Ileum have long Vasa Recta? |
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| Jejunum or Ileum have few Plicae Circulares? |
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| Which section of the small intestine contains Peyer's Patches? |
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| Jejunum or Ileum have a fat filled mesentery? |
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| What is the function of Peyer's patches? |
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| Where does the ileum empty? |
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| What branch of the mesenteric artery provides vascularization to the cecum? |
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| Ileocolic artery via the anterior and posterior Cecal branches |
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| How does appendicitis happen? |
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| Typically a fecal stone from the cecum will drop into the appendix and choke off the blood flow to the appendix. This will result in cutting off the blood flow to the appendix (Appendicular artery) and causing the appendix to become necrotic |
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| What is the pattern of appendicitis? |
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| Initial diffuse pain in the umbilicus and then (when the inflammation spreads to the anterior wall) point discrimination in the lower right quadrant |
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| What is the name for the muscles on the outside of the colon? |
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| Is the ileocecal valve a complete valve? |
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| No, does not close completely, reflux can occur |
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| Secondarily retroperitoneal |
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| secondarily retroperitoneal |
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| secondarily retroperitoneal |
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| What is the name for the turns in the colon? I.e when ascending turns to transverse and transverse turns to descending |
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| outpocket of colon caused by the tenia coli |
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| What are appendicis epiploica? |
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| Fat that hangs off of the Tenia Colia |
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| What is the main function of the colon? |
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| Water reabsorption, most of digestion has already taken place |
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| What is the paracolic sulcus? |
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| A ridge along the abdominal wall where the colon sits |
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| What is the clinical significance of infection in the right small intestine versus left small intestine? |
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| Right side gets trapped inside the abdomen while the a left sided infection can easily travel to the pelvis |
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| What is the clinical significance of right or left infections above the colon? |
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| Infection above the colon on either side can travel down the paracolic sulcus to the pelvis |
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| What is the significance of the marginal artery? |
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| creates anastomoses between the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries in the colon |
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| What is a proximal cause of diverticulum in the the colon? |
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| Arteria recti (from marginal artery) pierce in around the Tenia coli which weakens the wall of the colon allowing for outpocketing |
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| Nerves from the thoracic splanchnic reach how far into the colon? |
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| Where does the sympathetic enervation for the colon, after the transverse colon, come from? |
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