GI Organs

Question 1

Esophagus is at what level?

Answer 1

T10-T11

Question 2

Stomach is at what level?

Answer 2

T11

Question 3

Pylorus is at what level?

Answer 3

L1

Question 4

Small Intestine is where?

Answer 4

L1-L3

Question 5

Large Intestine is where?

Answer 5

L5-S2

Question 6

Jejunum + Ileum are L2-5, and which quadrant?

Answer 6

Jejunum = LUQ

Ileum = RUQ

Question 7

L5 is which plane?

Answer 7

Transtubercular (Iliocecal Jxn)

Widest part of hips

Question 8

Where is the secum found?

Answer 8

S2

Question 9

What quadrant is the spleen found in?

Answer 9

LUQ (lateral aspect of rib 10)

Question 10

Which hiatal hernia has a displaced GEJ (GERD)?

Answer 10

Sliding hernia

Question 11

Where do parietal cells live?

Answer 11

body + fundus of stomach

Question 12

What is the surgical treatment for GERD? What are the 3 types?

Answer 12

Vagotomy (cut vagus N.)

1. Truncal (cut anterior + posterior vagal trunks)
2. Selectrive gastric
3. Selective Proximal

Question 13

What is the ligament of treitz?

Answer 13

separates upper + lower GI tracts

(suspensory muscle of the duodenum)

Question 14

Where is the appendix located?

Answer 14

McBurney’s point (1/3 of way between right ASIS and umbilicus)

Question 15

What is a volvulus in the sigmoid colon?

Answer 15

When the intestine rotates in on itself (coffee bean)

Question 16

What is the most common congenital anamoly of the GI tract?

Answer 16

Meckel Diverticulum

Leftover umbilical cord (persistent vitelline duct), most common lead point for intussuception (intestine telescoping)

Question 17

What is cholelithiasis?

Answer 17

GALLSTONES obstrubting cyctic duct

4 F’s: Fat, Forty, Fertile, Female

Question 18

Hirsprungs disease is caused by a mutation in what gene?

Answer 18

RET gene –> cause it is required for the migration of NC cells