Chap 3_ Abdomen.txt

• Peritoneal space
• Retroperitoneal space
• Pelvic space

Division of the abdominal cavity containing those organs or portions of organs covered by the peritoneum

Division of the abdominal cavity containing those organs posterior to the peritoneal lining

Division of the abdominal cavity containing those organs located w/in the pelvis

• Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
• Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
• Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
• Left lower quadrant (LLQ)

• Gallbladder
• Right kidney
• Liver
• Some small bowel
• Portion of the ascending & tranverse colon
• Small portion of pancreas

• Stomach
• Spleen
• Left kidney
• Most of the pancreas
• Portion of the liver
• Small bowel
• Transverse & descending colon

• Appendix
• Portions of the urinary bladder
• Small bowel
• Ascending colon
• Rectum
• Female genitalia

• Sigmoid colon
• Portions of the urinary bladder
• Small bowel
• Descending colon
• Rectum
• Female genitalia

Fine fibrous tissue surrounding the interior of most of the abdominal cavity covering most of the small bowel& some of the abdominal organs

Double fold of the peritoneum that supports the major portion of the small bowel, suspending it from the posterior abdominal wall

Omentum

• Kidneys
• Spleen
• Duodenum
• Pancreas
• Urinary bladder
• Posterior portions of the ascending & descending colon & rectum

internal muscular tube that begins at the mouth & ends at the anus that physically & chemically breaks down & absorbs the fluids & nurtrients from food

aka. alimentary canal

• Liver
• Gallbladder
• Pancreas

Semifluid mixture of ingested food & digestive secretions found in the stomach & small intestine

Wavelike muscular motion of the esphagus & bowel that moves food through the digestive system

• Detoxifying the blood
• Moving damaged/aged erythrocytes
• Storing glycogen
• Assists in osmotic regulation of fluids in blood
• Clotting process
• Receives 25% of cardiac output & holds the greatest blood reserve
• Solid organ

• Small hollow organ
• Located behind & beneath the liver
• Receives bile from the liver & stores it

Breaking down of fats

• Produces glucogen & insulin
• Produces digestive enzymes