Superior Mesenteric Vessels

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How long is the duodenum?

12 fingerwidths
What lies behind the greater omentum?

Intestines
Where does the jejunum start?

L3
Which region is the jejunum in?

Umbilical region
Which region is the ilium in?

Right iliac fossa
What has short arterial arcades and long terminal branches?

Jejunum
Where can you find plicae circularis?

In the jejunum
What has tall arterial arcades and short terminal branches?

Ilium
Where can you find peyer’s patches?

Ilium
Name the 4 layers of the intestine
- Mucosa
- Submucosa
- Muscularas externa
- Adventitia
What are the layers of the mucosa?
- Epithelium
- Connective tissue
- Muscularis mucosa
Where can you find Meissner’s plexus?

Submucosa
What does Meissner’s plexus innervate?

Muscularis mucosa
What are the layers of the muscularis externa?
- Inner circular muscles
- Outer longitudinal muscles
Where can you find Aurbach’s plexus?

Between the circular and longitudinal muscles
Which region is the cecum in?

Right iliac fossa
Where is mcBurney’s point?

1/3 distance between ASIS and umbilicus
What is McBurney’s point?

Base of appendix
What is a faecolith?

A hard but of feces
Where does appendicitis pain start?

Peri-umbilacal
What kind of structure is the primitive gut?

Midline
Where can you absolutely NOT find plicae or villi?

In the colon (obviously)
What are the fatty bits that cover the colon?

Appendices epiplocae
What are the bands of longitudinal muscle covering the colon called?

Taenia coli
Where do the taenia coli go?

Appendix to where the rectum meets the colon
What are the branches of the superior mesenteric artery?
- Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
- Jejunal and Ileal arteries
- Middle Colic, right colic, ileocolic, cecal, appendicular artery
What are the branches of the Inferior Mesenteric Artery?
- Left colic artery
- Sigmoid arteries
- Superior rectal artery

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