COMPLETE ANSWERS, GRADED A+
The esophagus is about ______ long.
-6 inches (15.2 cm)
-10 inches (24 cm)
-1.5 feet (0.45 m)
-3 feet (0.9 m) Answer - 10 inches
Which division of the small intestine is connected to the duodenum?
-Duodenum
-Jejunum
-Ileum
-Ilium Answer - jejunum
Which portion of the large intestine is located between the cecum and the
right colic flexure?
-Ascending colon
-Descending colon
,-Sigmoid colon
-Transverse colon Answer - ascending colon
The esophagus is posterior to the trachea.
True
False Answer - true
Which organ has functions in the digestion of food and absorption of
nutrients?
-Esophagus
-Stomach
-Large intestine
-Small intestine Answer - small intestine
Which style of body habitus has a high and transverse stomach?
-Sthenic
-Hyposthenic
-Hypersthenic
-Asthenic Answer - Hypersthenic
Which of the following portions of the colon is most distal?
-Sigmoid colon
-Ascending colon
-Descending colon
-Transverse colon Answer - Sigmoid colon
The appendix is attached to the:
, -Proximal portion of the esophagus
-Cecum of the large intestine
-Duodenum of the small intestine
-Pylorus of the stomach Answer - cecum of the large intestine
The distal portion of the stomach is called the:
-Fundus
-Cardiac antrum
-Ampulla
-Pylorus Answer - pylorus
What is the term for the pouches, or sacculations, found along the outer
margins of the large intestine?
-Taeniae coli
-Villi
-Haustra
-Valvulae conniventes Answer - haustra
What is the term for the three bands of longitudinal muscle that tend to pull
the large intestine into pouches?
-Taeniae coli
-Haustra
-Longitudinal ligaments
-Suspensory ligaments Answer - taeniae coli
Which of the following structures will be filled with air when the patient is in a
right lateral decubitus position during a double-contrast barium enema?