Abdomen

• What are the major branches of the abdominal aorta (in order)?

  Coeliac trunk

  SMA

  Renal arteries

  Gonadal arteries

  IMA

  Common iliac arteries

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• What are the 3 main branches of the coeliac trunk?

  Splenic artery

  Left gastric artery

  Common hepatic artery
• What does the coeliac trunk supply?

  Foregut organs
• What level does the celiac trunk arise?

  T12/L1
• Fill in the blanks

  A) abdominal aorta

  B) celiac trunk

  C) Common hepatic

  D) Left gastric

  E) Splenic

  F) Proper hepatic

  G) Left hepatic

  H) Right hepatic

  I) Cystic

  J) Oesophageal branches

  K) Short gastric

  L) Left gastroepiloic

  M) Right gastric

  N) Right gastroepiploic

  O) Gastroduodenal

  P) Anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal

  Q) Posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal

  
• What level does the SMA airse?

  L1
• What is the difference between the blood supply to the jejunum vs ileum?

  Jejunum

  • more arterial arcades
  • shorter vasa recta

  (compared to ileum)
• How does the SMA anastomose with the celiac trunk?

  Via inferior pancreaticoduodenal arteries
• Fill in the blanks

  A) SMA

  B) Jejunal and ileal arteries

  C) Ileocolic artery

  D) Right colic arteries

  E) Middle colic artery

  
• What level do the renal arteries arise?

  L1/2
• What is the difference between the L & R renal arteries?

  Right

  • longer

  Left

  • artery exits abdominal aorta slightly before (due to liver position)
• Renal arteries overlay the renal veins.
• What level do the gonadal arteries arise?

  L2
• Where do the gonadal arteries run?

  Inferior

  Along anterior aspect of psoas major
• What level does the IMA arise?

  L3
• How does the IMA anastomose with the SMA?

  Marginal artery
• Fill in the blanks

  A) Marginal

  B) Left colic

  C) Sigmoid

  
• Fill in the blanks

  A) Left

  B) Right

  C) Caudate

  D) Quadrate

  
• How many lobes does the liver have?

  4
• How many functional segments does the liver have? What are they?

  8

  
• What is the clinical significance of the functional lobes of the liver?

  Segments are functionally independent units

  So, individual segments can be removed without damaging rest of the organ
• Fill in the blanks

  A) IVC

  B) Right hepatic vein

  C) Left hepatic vein

  D) Middle hepatic vein

  
• Fill in the blanks

  A) Right hepatic duct

  B) Left hepatic duct

  C) Common hepatic duct

  D) Cystic duct

  E) Common bile duct

  F) Major duodenal papilla

  G) sphincter of Oddi

  H) Hepatopancreatic

  I) ampulla

  J) Vater