The abdomen

Question 1

What is the largest body cavity?

Answer 1

Abdomen

Question 2

2 parts of the abdominal cavity

Answer 2

Abdomen proper
Pelvis

Question 3

What occupies the right hypochondriac region?

Answer 3

Most of right lobe of the liver
Hepatic flexure of the colon
Part of the right kidney

Question 4

What occupies the left hypochondriac region?

Answer 4

Small part of left lobe of the liver
Funds of the stomach
Spleen
Tail of pancreas
Splenic flexure of the colom
Part of the left kidney

Question 5

What occupies the epigastric region?

Answer 5

Most of the stomach
Left lobe of liver
part of right lobe of the liver
Gallbladder
Duodenum
Adrenals
Parts of both kidneys

Question 6

What occupies the right lumbar region?

Answer 6

Ascending colon
Part of the right kidney
Small intestine
Part of greater momentum and mesentery
Transverse duodenum
Parts of both kidneys
Ureters originate from hilum

Question 7

What occupies the left lumbar region?

Answer 7

Descending colon
Omentum
Part of left kidney
Small intestine

Question 8

What occupies the right inguinal region?

Answer 8

Cecum
Vermiform appendix

Question 9

What occupies the hypogastric region?

Answer 9

Small intestine
Bladder (in children)
Uterus (during pregnancy)

Question 10

What occupies the left inguinal region?

Answer 10

Sigmoid flexure of colon

Question 11

3 parts of the primitive GI tube

Answer 11

Foregut
Midgut
Hindgut

Question 12

Name of the part of the peritoneum that covers the wall of the abdomen

Answer 12

Parietal peritoneum

Question 13

Name of the part of the peritoneum that covers the organs in the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 13

Visceral peritoneum

Question 14

Which peritoneum is thicker?

Answer 14

The parietal

Question 15

Where is the retroperitoneal space?

Answer 15

Between the posterior parietal peritoneum and the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity

Question 16

Where is the extraperitoneal pelvic space?

Answer 16

Below the parietal peritoneum and above the pelvic diaphragm or floor

Question 17

Name for the posterior part of the peritoneal cavity

Answer 17

Visceral cavity

Question 18

Name for the anterior part of the peritoneal cavity

Answer 18

Previsceral cavity

Question 19

Is the visceral and parietal peritoneum continuous with one and another?

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

How much are the retroperitoneum covered with the peritoneum?

Answer 20

Only partially

Question 21

How much are the intraperitoneum covered with the peritoneum?

Answer 21

Fully

Question 22

How much are the subperitoneum covered with the peritoneum?

Answer 22

Only partially

Question 23

Does the peritoneal cavity have organs?

Answer 23

NO, only fluid

Question 24

Different name for lesser sac

Answer 24

Omental bursa

Question 25

What does the foregut consist of?

Answer 25

Oesophagus Stomach Primal end of duodenum Pancreas Spleen Liver Gallbladder

Question 26

Where does the midgut extend from and to?

Answer 26

Distal portion of duodenum to the last 1/3 of the transverse colon

Question 27

Where does the hindgut extend from and to?

Answer 27

Distal 1/3 of the transverse colon to anal canal

Question 28

Where is the subcostal line?

Answer 28

10th rib

Question 29

Where does the transtuberecular planes go?

Answer 29

Superior iliac spine

Question 30

Where does the muscular of the stomach and intestine derive from?

Answer 30

The mesoderm

Question 31

Where does the lining of the body cavity (peritoneum) derive from?

Answer 31

The mesoderm

Question 32

Where does the liver, pancreas and thymus derive from?

Answer 32

Endoderm

Question 33

Artery that derives from the foregut

Answer 33

Celiac

Question 34

Artery that derives from the midgut

Answer 34

Superior mesenteric

Question 35

Artery that derives from the hindgut

Answer 35

Inferior mesenteric

Question 36

What derives from the foregut?

Answer 36

Oesophagus Stomach Duodenum (1st and 2nd part) Liver Pancreas Biliary apparatus Gallbladder

Question 37

What derives from the midgut?

Answer 37

Duodenum (2nd, 3rd and 4th part) Jejunum Ileum Cecum Appendix Ascending colon Transverse colon (proximal 2/3rds)

Question 38

What derives from the hindgut?

Answer 38

Transverse colon (distal third) Descending colon Sigmoid colon Rectum Anal canal (above pectinate line)

Question 39

Where is the peritoneum open in females?

Answer 39

The lateral ends of the uterine tubes

Question 40

What does the peritoneum consist of?

Answer 40

Single layer of flat mesothelial cells lying on a layer of loose connective tissue

Question 41

What is an omentum?

Answer 41

Double layer of peritoneum that connects the stomach and duodenum to other organs

Question 42

What does the lesser omentum connect?

Answer 42

Lesser curvature of the stomach and duodenum to the liver

Question 43

What does the greater omentum connect?

Answer 43

Greater curvature of the stomach to the transverse colon

Question 44

Intraperitoneal organs of the abdominal peritoneal

Answer 44

Stomach Small intestine Spleen Liver Gallbladder Cecum and appendix Large intestine

Question 45

Intraperitoneal organs of the pelvic peritoneal

Answer 45

Uterus Ovaries

Question 46

Do any of the extraperitoneal organs have mesentery?

Answer 46

No

Question 47

Primary retroperitoneal extraperitoneal organs

Answer 47

Kidneys and ureters Suprarenal glands Uterine cervix

Question 48

Secondary retroperitoneal extraperitoneal organs

Answer 48

Duodenum Pancreas Ascending and defending colon Cecum Rectum

Question 49

Infraperitoneal/subperitoneal extraperitoneal organs

Answer 49

Urinary bladder Distal ureters Prostate Seminal glands Uterine cervix Vagina Rectum

Question 50

Does the peritoneal cavity ever contain gas in normal circumstances?

Answer 50

No