GI embryology

Question 0

one of the initial actions to start the swinging of the dorsal mesentery is probably ____

Answer 0

apoptosis

Question 1

the greater omentum comes from the ____

Answer 1

dorsal mesentery

Question 2

foregut artery

Answer 2

celiac artery

Question 3

midgut artery

Answer 3

superior mesenteric artery

Question 4

hindgut artery

Answer 4

inferior mesenteric artery

Question 5

eventually, the ventral mesentery only exists in the ____

Answer 5

foregut

Question 6

the liver grows in the ventral mesentery and divides it into the ___ and the ____

Answer 6

falciform ligament and the lesser omentum

Question 7

the lesser momentum consists of the ____ and ____

Answer 7

hepatogastic and hepatoduodenal ligament

Question 8

the yolk sac is connected to the embryo via the ___

Answer 8

vitelline duct

Question 9

the intestines bulge out into the umbilical cord because most of the space is taken up by the ___

Answer 9

kidneys

Question 10

the intestines didn’t return back into the abdomen the way they are supposed to

Answer 10

omphalocele

Question 11

like omphalocele but with no membrane surrounding

Answer 11

gastroschisis

Question 12

Normal variant in 2-3% of the population, where a remnant of vitelline duct projects from the side of the ileum

Answer 12

Meckel’s (Ileal) diverticulum

Question 13

volvulus

Answer 13

a connection of the ilium remains and becomes twisted

Question 14

coelum

Answer 14

A body cavity lined by tissue derived only from mesoderm, it then gets lined by an epithelium

Question 15

in the developing embryo, one of the most anterior structures is the ____

Answer 15

septum transversum

Question 16

the four component parts of the developing diaphragm are the ___

Answer 16

septum transversum, pleuroperitoneal folds, dorsal mesentery of the esophagus, body wall