DENTAL GROSS ANATOMY: Sample Questions
Week 13 -- December 3, 2007
- Which one of the following structures is NOT retroperitoneal?
- A. kidney
- B. ascending colon
- C. descending colon
- D. transverse colon
- E. pancreas
- The hepatogastric ligament and the hepatoduodenal ligament together form the:
- A. greater omentum.
- B. lesser omentum.
- C. right colic flexure
- D. falciform ligament
- E. gastrocolic ligament
- The portal vein:
- A. is located superficial to the bile duct and hepatic artery in the hepatoduodenal ligament.
- B. is formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins posterior to the neck of the pancreas.
- C. conveys blood from intestinal capillary beds directly to the inferior vena cava.
- D. has a thicker wall than the hepatic artery.
- E. is the embryological remnant of the ventral mesentery.
- A gallstone passing through the ducts of the biliary system would enter the:
- A. gastric pylorus.
- B. left kidney.
- C. duodenum.
- D. ascending colon.
- E. jejunum.