Abdomen Clinical Anatomy Q's
2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
During your OB/GYN rotation you come across a female patient with pain
in the lower abdomen and painful urination. After further investigation, you
determine that there is an accumulation of pus in the Pouch of Douglas
(Recto-uterine pouch). Based on what we've learned thus far, what would
be part of your DDx? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
During your surgical rotation you come across a thin layer in the abdomen
that originates in the posterior abdominal wall and wraps around the
transverse colon before going back to the posterior wall. You notice that
there are multiple nerves and blood vessels inside this thin-layered
,structure running towards the colon. What is this double-layered structure
called? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Transverse mesocolon (mesentery)
A patient comes in to see you during your internal medicine rotation with
complaints of cloudy urine and increased frequency. After several tests you
determine that the patient is suffering from a cystitis. Is this considered a
lower or upper UTI? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lower UTI (affecting the bladder)
Another patient comes in to see you during your internal medicine rotation
with complaints of cloudy urine and increased frequency. After several tests
you determine that the patient suffering from pyelonephritis. Is this a lower
or upper UTI? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Upper UTI (affecting the kidney)
What major vessels/organs are part of the lower urinary tract? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Urethra and bladder
What major vessels/organs are part of the upper urinary tract? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Ureters and kidneys
A patient suffering from cholecystitis might have abdominal pain localized
in which of the 4 quadrants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Right upper quadrant
, A patient suffering from splenomegaly might have abdominal pain localized
in which of the 4 quadrants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Left upper quadrant
A patient suffering from acute appendicitis might have abdominal pain
localized in which of the 4 quadrants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Right lower
quadrant
A patient suffering from stomach pain might have abdominal pain localized
in which of the 4 quadrants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Left upper quadrant
As you are dissecting the abdomen of a cadaver, you come across some
muscle fibers running superior lateral to inferior medial just beneath the
skin. What are these muscle fibers called? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔External
oblique muscles
As you are dissecting the abdomen of a cadaver, you come across some
muscle fibers running superior medial to inferior lateral just below another
layer of muscle. What are these muscle fibers called? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Internal oblique muscles
As you are dissecting the abdomen of a cadaver, you come across some
muscle fibers running horizontally below a couple other layers of muscle.
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2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
During your OB/GYN rotation you come across a female patient with pain
in the lower abdomen and painful urination. After further investigation, you
determine that there is an accumulation of pus in the Pouch of Douglas
(Recto-uterine pouch). Based on what we've learned thus far, what would
be part of your DDx? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
During your surgical rotation you come across a thin layer in the abdomen
that originates in the posterior abdominal wall and wraps around the
transverse colon before going back to the posterior wall. You notice that
there are multiple nerves and blood vessels inside this thin-layered
,structure running towards the colon. What is this double-layered structure
called? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Transverse mesocolon (mesentery)
A patient comes in to see you during your internal medicine rotation with
complaints of cloudy urine and increased frequency. After several tests you
determine that the patient is suffering from a cystitis. Is this considered a
lower or upper UTI? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lower UTI (affecting the bladder)
Another patient comes in to see you during your internal medicine rotation
with complaints of cloudy urine and increased frequency. After several tests
you determine that the patient suffering from pyelonephritis. Is this a lower
or upper UTI? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Upper UTI (affecting the kidney)
What major vessels/organs are part of the lower urinary tract? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Urethra and bladder
What major vessels/organs are part of the upper urinary tract? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Ureters and kidneys
A patient suffering from cholecystitis might have abdominal pain localized
in which of the 4 quadrants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Right upper quadrant
, A patient suffering from splenomegaly might have abdominal pain localized
in which of the 4 quadrants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Left upper quadrant
A patient suffering from acute appendicitis might have abdominal pain
localized in which of the 4 quadrants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Right lower
quadrant
A patient suffering from stomach pain might have abdominal pain localized
in which of the 4 quadrants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Left upper quadrant
As you are dissecting the abdomen of a cadaver, you come across some
muscle fibers running superior lateral to inferior medial just beneath the
skin. What are these muscle fibers called? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔External
oblique muscles
As you are dissecting the abdomen of a cadaver, you come across some
muscle fibers running superior medial to inferior lateral just below another
layer of muscle. What are these muscle fibers called? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Internal oblique muscles
As you are dissecting the abdomen of a cadaver, you come across some
muscle fibers running horizontally below a couple other layers of muscle.
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