intestines

Question 1

what are the folds like in jejunum

Answer 1

circular folds are tall, closely packed and commonly branched

Question 2

what are folds like in proximal ileum

Answer 2

circular folds are low and sparse

wall is thinner

Question 3

what are folds like in distal ileum

Answer 3

circular folds are absent

solitary lymph nodes stud the wall

Question 4

what is the largest part of large intestine

Answer 4

descending colon

Question 5

what is sigmoid mesentery called

Answer 5

sigmoid mesocolon

Question 6

what is diverticulosis

Answer 6

multiple false diverticula develop along the colon

Question 7

what is diverticula

Answer 7

external evaginations or outpocketings of the mucosa of the colon

Question 8

what is diverticulitis

Answer 8

when diverticula that are infected and rupture become inflamed

Question 9

where are taenia coli located in large intestine

Answer 9

down the middle

Question 10

what can cause pain that mimics that of appendicitis

Answer 10

Meckels Diverticulum

Question 11

how does superior mesenteric artery end

Answer 11

by anastomosing with one of its own branches

the ileocolic artery

Question 12

what is larger in diameter jejunum or ileum

Answer 12

jejunum

Question 13

what supplies the appendix with blood

Answer 13

appendicular artery

Question 14

what are the branches of the inferior mesenteric artery

Answer 14

• left colic artery

- several sigmoid arteries

Question 15

what does the abdominal aorta bifurcate into

Answer 15

• right common iliac

- left common iliac artery