LAB: Abdominopelvic Cavity
Created by Eleza Orenstein, '09
and Nicholas Cohen, '09
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
SLIDE #1

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 Duodenum

The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine. It starts just after the pyloric sphincter and ends at the duodenojejunal flexure, which marks the end of the duodenum and the beginning of the jejunum. The duodenum, like the rest of the small intestine, has both vili and microvilli because its primary function is to absorb nutrients from the products of digestion.  It is C-shaped, and can be divided into four segments-a superior, descending, horizontal, and ascending-which cradle the head, part of the neck, and uncinate process of the pancreas. Most of the duodenum is retroperitoneal, but the very first part is intraperitoneal because it is embedded in the hepatoduodenal ligament.

Question: What lies posterior to this first part of the superior segment? 

Hint: what else is in the hepatoduodenal ligament?

Answer:

 

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