Abdomen - Golden Facts

Question 1

Most important plane of the abdomen

Answer 1

Transpyloric plane (aka Addison’s plane)

Question 2

Commonest site of gastric ulcers

Answer 2

Lesser curvature of the stomach

Question 3

Commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach

Answer 3

Prepyloric region along the greater curvature of stomach

Question 4

Commonest site of duodenal ulcer

Answer 4

First part of the duodenum

Question 5

Most common source of hemorrhage in duodenal ulcer

Answer 5

Gastroduodenal artery

Question 6

Most commonly injured intra-abdominal organ

Answer 6

Spleen

Question 7

Commonest site of impaction of gallstones

Answer 7

Ampulla of Vater

Question 8

Commonest site of cancer of pancreas

Answer 8

Head of pancreas

Question 9

Most vulnerable viscera during pelvic fracture

Answer 9

Urinary bladder/urethra

Question 10

Commonest site of maldescended testis

Answer 10

Inguinal canal

Question 11

Commonest site of hernia

Answer 11

Inguinal region

Question 12

Commonest site of varicocele

Answer 12

Left side

Question 13

Most common site of pelvic abscess

Answer 13

Rectouterine pouch (aka pouch of Douglas)

Question 14

Commonest site of AAA

Answer 14

Above the renal arteries

Question 15

Most tender site in acute appendicitis

Answer 15

McBurney’s point

Question 16

Most probable cause of urine retention in the elderly male

Answer 16

BPH (Benign prostatic hypertrophy)

Question 17

Commonest type of intussusception

Answer 17

Ileocecal

Question 18

Most widely used radiographic study in investigation of female sterility

Answer 18

Hysterosalpingography

Question 19

Commonest site of diverticulosis in the small intertine

Answer 19

Duodenum

Question 20

Commonest site of diverticulosis in the large intestine

Answer 20

Sigmoid colon

Question 21

Commonest site of cancer in the uterus

Answer 21

Cervix of uterus

Question 22

Commonest type of cancer of colon

Answer 22

Adenocarcinoma (98%)