Lecture 11

Vertebra Level = L1, marks pylorus of stomach as it enters duodenum, head and body of pancreas, transverse mesocolon, renal vessels and ureters, superior mesenteric artery branching from aorta.

Level: L3. Markers: Lower edge of costal margin, inferior mesenteric artery, 3rd part of duodenum

Level: L4. Markers: Highest point on iliac crests and bifurcation of aorta into common iliac arteries.

Level: L5. Markers: Intersects Tubercles of iliac crest, common iliac veins join to form IVC.

Right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lateral, umbilical, left lateral, right inguinal, hypogastric, left inguinal

Double Layers of peritoneum formed by continuity of visceral and parietal peritoneum. Conduits for neurovasculature, tethers organs to body wall, allows organ mobility.

Attaches to greater curvature of stomach, extends to the transverse colon, the spleen, and the diaphragm. Encloses greater sac.

Attaches greater omentum to transverse colon

Attaches greater omentum to the spleen

Attaches to liver and extends to lesser curvature of stomach and the duodenum. Encloses the lesser sac or omental bursa.

Opening of lesser sac into greater sac. Located between hepatoduodenal ligament and PAW.

Mesentery of transverse colon. Divides Abdominal cavity into 2 : supracolic and infracolic.

Stomach, biliary tree, liver, and spleen

SI, ascending and descending colons. Split into right and left halves by the mesentery of the intestine.