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| what does the mesentary do? |
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Definition
connects visceral and parietal peritoneal layers.
suspends organs and connects them |
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what are the parietal and visceral peritoneum layers innervated by?
which one is painful? |
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Definition
parietal - general sensory fibers (painful)
visceral - viseral sensory fibers |
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Term
| what parts of the small intestine and pancreas and large intenstine are intraperitoneal? |
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Definition
duodenum (1st part), jejunum, and ileum.
tail of pancreas.
tranverse and sigmoid colon |
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Term
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Definition
| excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity, result of inflammation of the peritoneum |
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Term
what are the two compartments of the greater sac?
what are the three recesses? |
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Definition
supracolic and infracolic compartments.
subphrenic (suprahepatic) recess, subhepatic (hepatorenal) recess aka Morrison's pouch, and the paracolic recesses |
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Term
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Definition
| irregular space behind the liver, stomach, and lesser omentum |
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Term
| what are peritoneal 'ligaments'? examples |
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Definition
| double layers of peritoneum between organs, i.e. gastrolienal and lienorenal |
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Term
what vertebrae is at the celiac trunk?
at superior mesenteric artery?
at inferior mesenteric artery? |
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Definition
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