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Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 07:27, 11 July 2008
, 07:27, 11 July 2008→Structure
**At a point between the right kidney and pelvic inlet it turns medially and cranially around the root of the mesentry to become the ascending duodenum. The point of turn is called the ''caudal flexure'' of the duodenum.
**At a point between the right kidney and pelvic inlet it turns medially and cranially around the root of the mesentry to become the ascending duodenum. The point of turn is called the ''caudal flexure'' of the duodenum.
**The ascending duodenum is shorter and bends ventrally to enter the mesentery and becomes the jejunum.
**The ascending duodenum is shorter and bends ventrally to enter the mesentery and becomes the jejunum.
*Mesoduodenum attaches the duodenum to the dorsal abdominal wall. This is relatively short in the horse and ruminant and longer in the carnivore and pig.
*Mesoduodenum attaches the duodenum to the dorsal abdominal wall.
===Species Differences===
*Mesoduodenum is relatively short in the horse and ruminant and longer in the carnivore and pig.
==Vasculature==
==Vasculature==