Small Intestine

Question 1

The small intestine lies between what?

Answer 1

The duodenum and the large intestine

Question 2

What is the proximal part of the small intestine called?

Answer 2

jejunum

Question 3

What is the distal part of the small intestine called?

Answer 3

ileum

Question 4

How long is the jejunum?

Answer 4

8 inches long

Question 5

How long is the ileum?

Answer 5

12 inches long

Question 6

Which part is thicker and wider?

Answer 6

jejunum

Question 7

Which part is thinner and narrower?

Answer 7

ileum

Question 8

Which part is more vascular?

Answer 8

jejunum

Question 9

Which part is less vascular?

Answer 9

ileum

Question 10

The mesentery of which part has large translucent (less fat) windows with few large vascular arcades?

Answer 10

jejunum

Question 11

The mesentery of which part has small opaque (more fat) windows and numerous smaller arcades?

Answer 11

ileum

Question 12

The mesentery of which part has longer and fewer vasa recta?

Answer 12

jejunum

Question 13

The mesentery of which part numerous short vasa recta?

Answer 13

ileum

Question 14

The ileum has numerous _____.

Answer 14

Peyer’s patches

Question 15

What are the numerous lymphoid aggregates in the ileum called?

Answer 15

Peyer’s patches

Question 16

Peyer’s patches aka (GALT)

Answer 16

Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue

Question 17

What artery supplies all of the small intestine?

Answer 17

Superior mesenteric artery

Question 18

The superior mesenteric artery also supplies what? (besides SI)

Answer 18

Large intestine up to proximal 2/3rds of transverse colon

Question 19

Does the small intestine have either the hausfrau, teniae coli or appendices epiploica? (like in the large intestine)

Answer 19

NO