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Which organ has curves called hepatic flexure and splenic flexure?
Lage Intestine
What is 12 cm proximal to the splenic flexure?
It would be near the descending colon in the left upper quadrant of humans.
What part of large intestine is between the hepatic flexure and the splenic flexure?
The Transverse colon is between both flexures
What is the splenic flexture?
The bend in the colon between the transverse and descending parts. The other flexure (between ascending and transverse) is the hepatic flexure.
What does the common celiac trunk branch into?
Gastric Artery - esophageal branch and hepatic Common Hepatic Artery - Proper hepatic artery, Right Gastric artery and Gastroduodenal artery Splenic Artery - Dorsal pancreatic, short gastric and Left Gastro-omental
What does splenic mean?
Splenic means related to the spleen.
What type of granulomas does Neurosarcoidosis cause?
characterized by formation of granulomas in the central nervous system. The granulomas consist of inflammatory cells (lymphocytes, mononuclear phagocytes) which function during inflammatory reactions.
What is splenic embolization?
Splenic embolization. involves plugging or blocking the splenic artery to shrink the size of the spleen. The substances that are injected during this procedure include polyvinyl alcohol foam, polystyrene, and silicone.
Where is the splenic confluence?
Also called the portal splenic confluence. This is the area where the splenic vein meets the superior mesenteric vein. Together, posterior to the neck of the pancreas, these veins form the portal vein.
Where does the splenic flexure lie?
The splenic flexure lies in the upper left quadrant between the transverse and descending colon.
What does the splenic vein drain?
blood
What is splenic trauma?
Splenic trauma is physical injury to the spleen, the lymphatic organ located in the upper left side of the abdomen just under the rib cage.
Can splenic vein thrombosis cause variceal bleeding?
yes
What is a spleen fixture?
I think you must be asking about Splenic Flexure. The splenic (or left colic) flexure is a sharp bend between the transverse and the descending colon in the left upper quadrant of humans.
Is granulomata singular or plural?
Both granulomata and granulomas are plural forms; the singular form is granuloma.
Is epulis granulomatosa cancer?
no..its not cancer...epulis granulomatosa is a post-surgical lesion emanating from an extraction socket. It can be misdiagnosed with lesions of similar appearance, for example, foreign body or pyogenic granulomas, or as a herniation of the maxillary sinus. Based on clinical appearance and microscopic description, granulomas all appear to represent essentially the same lesion. However, pathonomonically, the epulis granulomatosa emanates only from an extraction socket; the other granulomas can be found anywhere in the body.
Which vessels drain into the hepatic portal vein?
inferior mesentaric and splenic
