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| What supplies blood to the caudal foregut? |
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| What supplies blood to the midgut? |
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Definition
| Superior mesenteric artery |
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| What supplies blood to the hindgut? |
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Definition
| Inferior mesenteric artery |
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| What is formed by the embryonic caudal foregut? |
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Definition
| Abdominal esophagus, stomach, duodenum up to its union with the bile and pancreatic ducts, liver, gallbladder, pancreas |
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Term
| What does the left gastric artery supply? |
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Definition
| Stomach and lower esophagus |
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Term
| What does the splenic artery supply? |
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Definition
| Neck, body, tail of pancreas, spleen, some stomach |
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Term
| What does the common hepatic artery branch into? |
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Definition
| Gastroduodenal and proper hepatic |
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Term
| What does the gastroduodenal artery supply? |
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Definition
| Stomach, head of pancreas, duodenum |
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| What does the proper hepatic artery supply? |
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Definition
| Liver, gallbladder, right gastric branch goes to the stomach, right hepatic gives off cystic artery to the gallbladder |
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Term
| Where might aberrant or accessory hepatic arteries occur? |
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Definition
| Aberrant right hepatic artery from superior mesenteric, aberrant left hepatic artery from left gastric |
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Term
| The embryonic midgut forms what structures? |
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Definition
| Duodenum distal to its union with the ducts, jejunum, ileum, cecum, appendix, ascending colon, right 2/3 of transverse colon |
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Term
| What is the main arterial supply for the branches supplying the foregut derivatives? |
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Definition
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| What is the main arterial supply to the branches supplying the midgut derivatives? |
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Definition
| Superior mesenteric artery |
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Term
| Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery supplies what? |
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Definition
| Head of pancreas and duodenum |
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Term
| Intestinal branches of the superior mesenteric artery supply what? |
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Definition
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Term
| The middle colic artery supplies what? |
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Definition
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| Right colic artery supplies what? |
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Definition
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Term
| Ileocolic artery supplies what? |
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Definition
| Terminal ileum, cecum, ascending colon, also gives off appendicular artery to the appendix |
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Term
| What structures are formed by the embryonic hindgut? |
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Definition
| Left 1/3 of the transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum and upper anal canal |
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Term
| What is the main arterial supply of the branches supplying the embryonic hindgut? |
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Definition
| Inferior mesenteric artery |
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Term
| What is supplied by the left colic artery? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is supplied by the sigmoid arteries? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is supplied by the superior rectal artery? |
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Definition
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Term
| What forms the marginal artery? |
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Definition
| Branches of the ileocolic, right colic, middle colic, and left colic arteries |
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Term
| Where is the marginal artery located? |
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Definition
| Parallel to the wall of the large inestine |
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Term
| What is the function of the marginal artery? |
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Definition
| Collateral circulation during slow occlusion of the superior or inferior mesenteric arteries |
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Term
| What's the "watershed area"? |
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Definition
| Left colic (splenic) flexure |
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Term
| What occurs at the watershed area? |
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Definition
| Anastomoses between the branches of the middle and left colic arteries to the marginal artery may be absent or insufficient, causing systemic hypotension or inferior mesenteric artery stenosis leading to ischemia and infarction |
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Term
| What venous blood drains into the hepatic portal vein? |
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Definition
| Gastrointestinal system and spleen, the rest of the body drains directly into vena cavas |
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Term
| What forms the hepatic portal vein? |
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Definition
| Superior mesenteric, splenic, and inferior mesenteric vein |
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Term
| What does the hepatic vein drain into? |
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Definition
| Drains blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava |
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