REVIEW - GASTROINTESTINAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
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The primordial gut forms during week ____ of gestation - ✔✔4
the primordial gut is divided into 3 parts? - ✔✔foregut
midgut
hindgut
the foregut includes? - ✔✔oral cavity
pharynx
tongue
,tonsills
salivary glands
esophagus
stomach
duodenum
liver and biliary apparatus
gallbladder
pancreas
spleen
what is the blood supply of foregut? - ✔✔celiac artery
the esophagus reaches its final length by _____ weeks gestation and is
functionally obstructed until _____ weeks gestation - ✔✔7
8-9
,develops from the caudal part of the foregut and cranial part of the
midgut & splanchnic mesenchyme; functionally obstructed until 6-7
weeks gestation - ✔✔duodenum
the midgut includes? - ✔✔lower duodenum
small intestine (jejunum and ileum)
ascending colon and large portion of transverse colon
cecum
appendix
blood supply of the midgut? - ✔✔superior mesenteric artery
4 stages of GI embryology? - ✔✔herniation, rotation, retraction,
fixation
physiologic umbilical herniation during the ____ week of gestation with
return of intestines to abdomen by ____ week and fixates by week
_____ - ✔✔6
, 10
12
hindgut includes? - ✔✔distal third of transverse colon
descending colon
sigmoid colon
rectum and upper part of anal canal
the blood supply to the hindgut is? - ✔✔inferior mesenteric artery
what week of gestation does TEF/EA happen? - ✔✔week 4
what week does the rapidly development midgut herniate into
umbilical cord? - ✔✔week 6