common features of viscera

CT, small box/chest

capsule

small beams/struts

trabeculae

cuticle, bark of tree

cortex

pith or marrow/middle

medulla

bay, pocket, curve

sinus/sinusoids

string, small rope, cat-gut

cords

channel, pipe, or gutter

canaliculi

bottom, backside, buttux

fundus

summit, peak, tip, top

apex

small scar on seed or bean

hilum

porch, forecourt

vestibule

where are vestibules found in humans?

ear

swelling, nipple

papillae

womb, source, origin

matrix

visceral flesh, pour in regions, segments, lobes/lobules, head, neck, body, tail, root, shaft/stem, ducts, valves, sphincters

parenchyma

where is parenchyma mainly found?

brain/lungs

what is the meat sleeve?

tube within a tube

continuous/open to environment at both ends

GI tract

what does the GI tract pass through?

partitions of ventral body cavity (inner, external surface of body)

ET lines lumen or cavity

mucosa

CT always follows ET (lamina propria) & composed of areolar AVLN

mucosa

smooth muscle

mucosa

dense regular or areolar CT

submucosa

at least 1 layer of smooth muscle

muscularis

just areolar CT

adventitia or serosa (visceral peritoneum)

what is retroperitoneal mostly made of?

adventitia

what is intraperitoneal mostly made of?

serosa