Abdomen — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: The _____ ligament functions as a potential barrier to the spread of infection between the left paracolic gutter and the left subphrenic space.

Answer: phrenicocolic

Flashcard 22: _____ line also called as cholecysto-venacaval line separates right and left lobe of the liver.

Answer: Cantlie's

Flashcard 23: The _____ ligament separates the greater and lesser sacs on the left (left or right)

Answer: gastrosplenic

Extra: The **lesser sac** (omental bursa) is a space behind the stomach and lesser omentum. **Boundaries:** * **Anterior**: Stomach, lesser omentum (gastrohepatic & hepatoduodenal ligaments), and gastrocolic ligament. * **Left**: **Gastrosplenic** and **splenorenal** ligaments. * **Right**: Epiploic foramen (Foramen of Winslow), which is the communication between the greater and lesser sacs. * **Posterior**: Pancreas, left kidney/adrenal, and aorta.

Flashcard 24: The **Triangle of Pain** (Electrical hazard zone) boundaries: • Supero-medial: _____ • Lateral: Peritoneum • Infero-lateral: Iliopubic tract **Contents**: Femoral nerve, Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, and Femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve

Answer: Gonadal vessels

Flashcard 25: What structures are contained within the splenorenal ligament?_____ and the tail of the pancreas

Answer: Splenic artery/vein

Flashcard 26: The first part of the duodenum also receives minor blood supply from the _____ artery and the right gastroepiploic artery.

Answer: right gastric

Flashcard 27: _____duodenal recess has the inferior mesenteric vein in its right free margin.

Answer: Para

Flashcard 28: The spleen is located in the LUQ of the abdomen, behind the _____ - 11th ribs

Answer: 9th

Flashcard 29: The three branches of the celiac trunk are the _____, splenic, and left gastric arteries

Answer: common hepatic

Flashcard 30: Relations of the head of the pancreas: - Superior: _____ part of duodenum - Anterior: Origin of the transverse mesocolon

Answer: 1st