Short Answer Questions (SAQ)

Abdomen - Gross Anatomy - 2

Abdominal Organs

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Questions :

1. Draw and label a simple line diagram to show the parts of the stomach. (4)

2. What are factors which maintain sphincteric action between the oesophagus and the stomach? (2)

3. Which artery supplies blood to the stomach? (1)

4. Name the peritoneal folds attached to the stomach and the border to which each one is attached. (2)

5. Explain in brief the basis for functional division of the liver into lobes. (2)

6. Describe in brief, gross anatomical terms, the blood circulation in the liver. (3)

7. Explain in brief the functional importance of portal circulation with reference to the liver. (2)

8. What are portasystemic anastomoses? State three such sites. (2)

9. Draw a simple line diagram to show the parts of the biliary apparatus. (2)

10. Describe the internal features of the duodenum. (2)

11. State three features which distinguish the jejunum from the ileum. (3)

12. State two characteristic gross anatomical features of the colon. (2)

13. Explain the term "secondarily retroperitoneal organ". (1)

14. Correlate the development and blood supply of the colon. (2)

15. List the structures which develop from the abdominal foregut, the midgut and the hindgut. (5)

16. Describe in brief the overall pattern of branches of the abdominal aorta. (4)

17. What are pronephros, mesonephros and metanephros? What is the development of the definitive human kidney? (5)

18. What is Meckel's diverticulum? (2)

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