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Gastrointestinal System
Accessory organs, Blood, Hepatic portal vein,…
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Main functions of tongue
- Mechanical processing
- Manipulation of food
- Sensory analysis by touch, temperature, and taste receptors
- Secretion of mucins and the enzyme lingual lipase (digestion of lipids, works with a range of pH)
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The Biliary Tree
- The bile is synthesized in the liver lobule.
- It is then collected into the bile canaliculi inside the liver lobule which empties into the bile duct in the portal area.
- These converge together to form the right and left hepatic bile ducts which drain from the right and left lobes of the liver respectively.
- The two hepatic ducts combine to form the common hepatic duct, which runs near the liver, with the hepatic artery proper and portal vein in the free margin of the lesser omentum.
- The common hepatic duct is joined by the cystic duct from the gall bladder to form the bile duct.
- The bile duct continues to descend, passing posteriorly to the superior part of the duodenum and through the head of the pancreas before joining with the pancreatic duct to enter the descending part of the duodenum.
Spleen
- The spleen is NOT a part of digestive system and it develops as part of the vascular system in the part of the dorsal mesentery
- It is located in the left hypochondrium, of the abdomen against the diaphragm, in the area of rib IX to rib X
- The spleen is connected to the:
- Greater curvature of the stomach by the gastrosplenic ligament, which contains the short gastric and gastro-omental vessels.
- Left kidney by the splenorenal ligament, which contains the splenic vessels.
- The spleen is surrounded by visceral peritoneum except in the area of the hilum.
- The splenic hilum is the entry point for the splenic vessels, and occasionally the tail of the pancreas reaches this area.
- It receives blood supply from the splenic artery which gives five different branches allowing for (subtotal splenectomy). It drains into the splenic vein then superior mesenteric vein.