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What is the approximate length of the colon from the junction of the terminal ileum to the rectum?
What is the approximate length of the colon from the junction of the terminal ileum to the rectum?
Which part of the colon is the widest in diameter?
Which part of the colon is the widest in diameter?
Which part of the colon is most vulnerable to perforation and least vulnerable to obstruction?
Which part of the colon is most vulnerable to perforation and least vulnerable to obstruction?
What marks the transition from the transverse colon to the descending colon?
What marks the transition from the transverse colon to the descending colon?
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Which part of the large intestine is extremely mobile?
Which part of the large intestine is extremely mobile?
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What marks the transition from the ascending colon to the transverse colon?
What marks the transition from the ascending colon to the transverse colon?
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Which part of the large intestine has dense attachments to the spleen, making mobilization challenging during colectomy?
Which part of the large intestine has dense attachments to the spleen, making mobilization challenging during colectomy?
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Which part of the colon is relatively fixed to the retroperitoneum?
Which part of the colon is relatively fixed to the retroperitoneum?
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What is found at approximately the level of the sacral promontory and is arbitrarily described as the point at which the three teniae coli coalesce to form the outer longitudinal smooth muscle layer of the rectum?
What is found at approximately the level of the sacral promontory and is arbitrarily described as the point at which the three teniae coli coalesce to form the outer longitudinal smooth muscle layer of the rectum?
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Which part of the colon has the thinnest muscular wall and is most vulnerable to perforation?
Which part of the colon has the thinnest muscular wall and is most vulnerable to perforation?
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