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where it is 11 inches
crossed by the left
bronchus
2 curvatures
Lesser curvature Greater curvature
It is the concave right border. It is the convex left border.
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Left gastroepiploic
Splenic artery
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The Small Intestine
• It is 6 meters
long and takes
the shape of
coiled loops that
fill most of the
abdominal
cavity.
• It consists of 3
divisions:
• Duodenum
• Jejunum
• Ileum
• Accessory pancreatic
duct: starts in the
uncinate process &
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2nd part duodenum.
Blood Supply Of The Gastroinestinal Tract
• Arterial supply:
• By 3 single arteries
which arise from the
front of the abdominal
aorta:
• Coeliac trunk:
supplies the foregut:
lower part of
oesophagus,
stomach,
upper half of the 2nd
part duodenum,
liver,
pancreas
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& spleen)
2- Superior
mesentric
artery: supplies
the midgut:
Lower half of the
2nd part
duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Caecum
Ascending colon
Right 2/3 of the
transverse colon.