Podcast
Questions and Answers
Where is the vermiform appendix located?
Where is the vermiform appendix located?
- Descending colon
- Ascending colon
- Right iliac fossa (correct)
- Transverse colon
What is the main function of the ileocecal valve?
What is the main function of the ileocecal valve?
- Aids digestion in the caecum
- Controls bile flow
- Promotes absorption of nutrients
- Prevents reflux of cecal contents (correct)
Which arteries supply blood to the caecum?
Which arteries supply blood to the caecum?
- Celiac artery
- Inferior mesenteric artery
- Superior mesenteric artery
- Caecal branches of ileocecal artery (correct)
What is the length of the vermiform appendix?
What is the length of the vermiform appendix?
Which nerves supply the caecum?
Which nerves supply the caecum?
What structures surround the ileocecal orifice?
What structures surround the ileocecal orifice?
Where is McBurney's Point located?
Where is McBurney's Point located?
Which part of the colon is retroperitoneal?
Which part of the colon is retroperitoneal?
What percentage of appendix positions is retrocecal?
What percentage of appendix positions is retrocecal?
Where does the sigmoid colon travel to?
Where does the sigmoid colon travel to?
Which structure is found at the rectosigmoid junction?
Which structure is found at the rectosigmoid junction?
What is the length of the descending colon?
What is the length of the descending colon?
What is the main characteristic of diverticulosis?
What is the main characteristic of diverticulosis?
In what way does colorectal cancer spread?
In what way does colorectal cancer spread?
What is a common symptom of internal hemorrhoids?
What is a common symptom of internal hemorrhoids?
Where are diverticular expansions in diverticulosis typically visible?
Where are diverticular expansions in diverticulosis typically visible?
What distinguishes hemorrhoids from colorectal cancer and diverticulosis?
What distinguishes hemorrhoids from colorectal cancer and diverticulosis?
Where does the 3rd part of the duodenum pass in front of?
Where does the 3rd part of the duodenum pass in front of?
What marks the border between the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract?
What marks the border between the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract?
Where is the junction held by the ligament of Treitz attached to?
Where is the junction held by the ligament of Treitz attached to?
Which structure is crossed by the superior mesenteric vein and root of mesentery in the duodenum?
Which structure is crossed by the superior mesenteric vein and root of mesentery in the duodenum?
Where does the major duodenal papilla open?
Where does the major duodenal papilla open?
What structure is located at the lateral relation of the 3rd part of the duodenum?
What structure is located at the lateral relation of the 3rd part of the duodenum?
What is the peritoneal covering associated with the lower 1/3 of the anal canal?
What is the peritoneal covering associated with the lower 1/3 of the anal canal?
What structures are found anterior to the anal canal in males?
What structures are found anterior to the anal canal in males?
What forms the pectinate line in the anal canal?
What forms the pectinate line in the anal canal?
Which muscle controls defecation and is voluntary in nature?
Which muscle controls defecation and is voluntary in nature?
What innervates the superior part of the rectum and anal canal sympathetically?
What innervates the superior part of the rectum and anal canal sympathetically?
