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What is the ligamentum teres and where is it - Correct
Answers ✅ligamentum teres is a rounded fibrous cord in
the free lower edge of the falciform ligament on the under
surface of the liver as far as the left end of the porta hepatis.
It is the remnant of the obliterated left umbilical vein of the
foetus and it runs in the free edge of the falciform ligament
from the umbilicus to the anterior surface of the liver.
what is the bare area of liver in contact with - Correct
Answers ✅IVC, right suprarenal gland and posterior cupola
of diaphragm
what are the branches of abdominal aorta - Correct
Answers ✅3 categories:
- single ventral arteries to gut - coeliac, superior and inferior
mesenteric
- paired branches to other viscera - suprarenal, renal, gonadal
- paired branches to abdominal wall - inferior phrenic and
lumbar
where can the common hepatic artery or its right and left
hepatic branches also arise - Correct Answers ✅superior
mesenteric artery rather than from the coeliac trunk
what veins units to form the portal vein - Correct Answers
✅superior mesenteric and splenic veins.
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Also has tributaries from pancreaticoduodenal veins, right
and left gastric veins including oesophageal venous drainage,
cystic veins, periumbilical veins (caput medusae) and the
remains of the embryonic umbilical veins.
what is the order of structures in porta hepatis from anterior
to posterior. Why is this important - Correct Answers
✅Duct, Artery, Vein respectively
Duct at front so easy access.
13 things on transpyloric plane - Correct Answers ✅L1
(1st lumbar) vertebra
Pylorus of stomach
Neck of pancreas
Duodenojejunal flexure
Fundus of gall bladder
Tip of 9th costal cartilage
Hila of kidneys
Origin of portal vein from superior mesenteric and splenic
vein
Root of transverse mesocolon
2nd part of duodenum
Origin of superior mesenteric artery
Hilum of spleen
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Termination of spinal cord
what spinal level does the coeliac axis come off at - Correct
Answers ✅T12
Describe the course of the duodenum and relations - Correct
Answers ✅first runs to the right, upwards and posteriorly
from the pylorus. In front of gastroduodenal a., bile duct and
portal vein which are ant to IVC. GB is anterior to duodenum.
(first part invested in peritoneum partly). Has macroscopic
folds after first 1"
2nd part curves down over hilum of R kidney alongside L2
3rd part curves forward and L to to reach L psoas. posterior to
the superior mesenteric vessels and root of the mesentery.
anterior to the right ureter.
4th part ascends to the L of the aorta. Supported by
suspensory ligament of Trietz from R crus of diaphragm
length of parts in inches -2,3,4,1
ways that jejunum differs from the ileum - Correct Answers
✅Jejunum:
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first 2/5
more villi
thicker wall
more circular folds
high narrow windows (straight arteries = vasa rescta) with
less mesenteric fat
wider lumen
redder
Ileum:
Peyer's patches
Posterior relations of the root of the small bowel mesentery -
Correct Answers ✅inferior vena cava.
right ureter.
right gonadal vessels.
third part of the duodenum
which parts of the colon are suspended - Correct Answers
✅transverse and sigmoid
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What is the ligamentum teres and where is it - Correct
Answers ✅ligamentum teres is a rounded fibrous cord in
the free lower edge of the falciform ligament on the under
surface of the liver as far as the left end of the porta hepatis.
It is the remnant of the obliterated left umbilical vein of the
foetus and it runs in the free edge of the falciform ligament
from the umbilicus to the anterior surface of the liver.
what is the bare area of liver in contact with - Correct
Answers ✅IVC, right suprarenal gland and posterior cupola
of diaphragm
what are the branches of abdominal aorta - Correct
Answers ✅3 categories:
- single ventral arteries to gut - coeliac, superior and inferior
mesenteric
- paired branches to other viscera - suprarenal, renal, gonadal
- paired branches to abdominal wall - inferior phrenic and
lumbar
where can the common hepatic artery or its right and left
hepatic branches also arise - Correct Answers ✅superior
mesenteric artery rather than from the coeliac trunk
what veins units to form the portal vein - Correct Answers
✅superior mesenteric and splenic veins.
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Also has tributaries from pancreaticoduodenal veins, right
and left gastric veins including oesophageal venous drainage,
cystic veins, periumbilical veins (caput medusae) and the
remains of the embryonic umbilical veins.
what is the order of structures in porta hepatis from anterior
to posterior. Why is this important - Correct Answers
✅Duct, Artery, Vein respectively
Duct at front so easy access.
13 things on transpyloric plane - Correct Answers ✅L1
(1st lumbar) vertebra
Pylorus of stomach
Neck of pancreas
Duodenojejunal flexure
Fundus of gall bladder
Tip of 9th costal cartilage
Hila of kidneys
Origin of portal vein from superior mesenteric and splenic
vein
Root of transverse mesocolon
2nd part of duodenum
Origin of superior mesenteric artery
Hilum of spleen
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Termination of spinal cord
what spinal level does the coeliac axis come off at - Correct
Answers ✅T12
Describe the course of the duodenum and relations - Correct
Answers ✅first runs to the right, upwards and posteriorly
from the pylorus. In front of gastroduodenal a., bile duct and
portal vein which are ant to IVC. GB is anterior to duodenum.
(first part invested in peritoneum partly). Has macroscopic
folds after first 1"
2nd part curves down over hilum of R kidney alongside L2
3rd part curves forward and L to to reach L psoas. posterior to
the superior mesenteric vessels and root of the mesentery.
anterior to the right ureter.
4th part ascends to the L of the aorta. Supported by
suspensory ligament of Trietz from R crus of diaphragm
length of parts in inches -2,3,4,1
ways that jejunum differs from the ileum - Correct Answers
✅Jejunum:
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first 2/5
more villi
thicker wall
more circular folds
high narrow windows (straight arteries = vasa rescta) with
less mesenteric fat
wider lumen
redder
Ileum:
Peyer's patches
Posterior relations of the root of the small bowel mesentery -
Correct Answers ✅inferior vena cava.
right ureter.
right gonadal vessels.
third part of the duodenum
which parts of the colon are suspended - Correct Answers
✅transverse and sigmoid
