Health Sciences 3300A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lesser Omentum, Pylorus, Greater Omentum
2 Apr 2018
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Cross section of the abdomen at the liver and the stomach. Gi tract - stomach: gastric secretions + food = chyme. Longitudinal folds (rugae) allow for stomach to expand. Disease (gerd) happens when you have a compromised cardiac sphincter so the acids are escaping back into esophagus. Gi tract small intestine: major digestive organ, most of digestion and absorption happens here. ~ 3 m in length in living persons after death the length of the small intestine lengthens (its longer) 3 regions: duodenum - superior and short. Ileum - inferior and connection to the large intestine. Blood supply to duodenum gastroduodenial gives us the pancreatic duodenal branches lots of fatty tissue and connective tissue tat holds thing into place pancreatic duodenal branches supply the duodenum there is some assistance from the superior mesenteric artery. Erosion of the lining of stomach or small intestine.
