Abdomen — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: The average length of the root of the mesentery is _____ cm.

Answer: 15

Flashcard 122: What is the most common site of an **amoebic liver abscess**?

Answer: Right lobe (posterosuperior aspect)

Extra: The right lobe of the liver is involved in the majority of cases (approx. 80%). This is due to the **"streaming effect"** of portal venous blood: 1. The **superior mesenteric vein** (which drains the caecum and ascending colon, the primary sites of infection) flows preferentially to the right lobe. 2. The inferior mesenteric and splenic veins flow preferentially to the left lobe.

Flashcard 123: The _____ colon is the longest part of the large intestine

Answer: transverse

Flashcard 124: Left colon conduit is based on left _____ artery

Answer: colic

Flashcard 125: _____ one-third of the liver is related to the costodiaphragmatic recess

Answer: Middle

Flashcard 126: Major portal fissures of the liver:The middle/main portal fissure, which contains the middle hepatic vein, divides the liver into the right and left _____

Answer: hemi-livers

Flashcard 127: The transpyloric plane of the abdomen is at the level of _____ vertebra

Answer: L1

Flashcard 128: What part of the stomach is commonly affected by gastric adenomas?_____

Answer: antrum

Flashcard 129: Which Couinaud segment forms the superior boundary of the epiploic foramen?_____

Answer: Caudate lobe(I)

Flashcard 130: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) is most commonly seen in the _____ of the pancreas.

Answer: head