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1
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___ refers to three thickened bands of muscles

A

Taenia coli

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2
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Fatty tags is called ___

A

appendices epiploicae

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3
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What is the length of the transverse colon?

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15 inches

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4
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What is the length of the sigmoid colon?

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10-15 inches

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5
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What is the length of the descending colon?

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10inches

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6
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What is the length of the rectum?

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5 inches

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7
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What is the length of the ascending colon?

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5 inches

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8
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What is the length of the anal colon?

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4cm

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9
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The cecum lies in the ___ fossa

A

right iliac fossa

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10
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Which part of the large intestine with no mesentery?

A

cecum

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11
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What is the arterial supply of the cecum

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Anterior/posterior cecal artery from SMA

Drains to the SMV

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12
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[Appendix]

what is the short triangular mesentery found in the appendix?

A

Mesoappendix

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13
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the base of the appendix is attached posteromedial of cecum aroung ___ inch below the ileocecal junction

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1 inches

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14
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The mcburney point is located ___

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1/3 of the way up the line joining the right ASIS to the umbilcus

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15
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What is the arterial supply of the appndix?

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  1. Appendicular atery from ileocolic
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16
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The appendicular vein drains to ___

A

posterior cecal vein to SMV

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17
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Most common cause of appendicitis is adults

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fecalith

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18
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Most common cause of appendicitis in children

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hyperplasia of lymphatic tissue

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19
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In appendicitis, this corresponds to the irritated parietal peritoneum that is localized over the base of the appendix

A

McBurney point

20
Q

What nerve may be injured in appendectomy

A

Iliohypogastric nerve

due to weakening of anterior abdominal wall

21
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[Ascending colon]

What is the arterial supply of the ascending colon?

A
  1. Ileocolic
  2. right colic artery

both from SMA

22
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[Ascending colon]

What vein drains the ascending colin?

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  1. Ileocolic
  2. Right colic vein

both drain to the SMV

23
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What is the longest, largest and most mobile portion of the colon?

A

Transverse colon

24
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What is the arterial supply of the transverse colon?

A
  1. Middle colic A from SMA
  2. Right colic from SMA
  3. Left colic from IMA
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What is the venous drainage of the transverse colon?
1. Superior MV | 2. Inferior MV
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The descending colon passes ___ (peritoneally/retroperitoneally) from the L colic flexure to the L iliac fossa
retroperitoneal
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What is the arterial supply of the descending colin?
1. Left colic A 2. Sigmoid A both from the IMV
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What vein drains the descending colon?
IMV
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What artery provides collateral circulation if the IMA supplying the transverse colon is transected?
Middle colic artery
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The sigmoid colon extends from the iliac fossa to the ___ sacral vertebra
3rd sacral vertebra
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In males, what lies anterior to the sigmoid colon?
Urinary bladder
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In females, what lies anterior to the sigmoid colin?
Uterus and vagina
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The sigmoid artery supplies the sigmoid. It is a branch of?
IMA
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What is the venous drainage of the sigmoid?
IMV
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[diagnosis] left sided colicky pain, abdominal distenstion, hematochezia
Sigmoid volvulus
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What is the arterial supply of the ascending and transverse colons?
SMA parasympathetic from vagus
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What is the arterial supply of the descending and sigmoid colon?
IMA parasympathetic fibers from the pelvic splanchnic nerve from S2 to S4
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Sympathetic and parasympathetic supply of foregut
P: Vagus S: T5 to T9
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Sympathetic and parasympathetic supply of midgut
P: Vagus S: T5 to T12
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Sympathetic and parasympathetic supply of hindgut
P: pelvic splanchnic from S2 to S4 S: T11 to L2
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Pain originating from the foregut is perceived in the ___
epigastric area
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Pain originating from the midgut is perceived in the ___
periumbilical region
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Pain originating from the hindgut is perceived in the ___
hypogastric area
44
What compose pre-aortic lymph node
1. Celiac 2. Superior Mesenteric 3. Inferior Mesenteric
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The para-aortic LN are composed of
1. Kidneys 2. Suprarenal 3. Gonads Paraaortic = R/L lateral aortic = lumbar
46
The superficial inguinal nodes drain these structures
1. Perineum 2. Genitalia 3. Anal canal BELOW THE PECTINATE LINE

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