Barry BMS - Gross Anatomy COMP exam
with correct answers
Which of the following nerves is not a branch of the anterior rami of
the intercostal nerves?
· Anterior cutaneous branches
· Collateral branches
· Lateral cutaneous branches
· Muscular branches
· Greater splanchnic nerve - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Greater
splanchnic nerve
The lining of the gut is derived from:
a. ectoderm
b. mesoderm
c. endoderm
d. hypoderm - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔endoderm
T or F: The esophagus is encompassed by parietal peritoneum. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔false
,The stomach is connected to the duodenum by way of the:
a. cardiac orifice
b. pyloric sphincter
c. fundus
d. ceacal valve - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pyloric sphincter
The hepatic sinusoids join the hepatic portal vein to the:
a. inferior mesenteric artery
b. coeliac trunk
c. central vein
d. superior vena cava - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔central vein
Pancreatic endocrine function involves the:
a. pancreatic ducts
b. pancreatic islets
c. duodenal papilla - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pancreatic islets
T or F. The spleen lies retroperitoneal. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔false
Peyer's patches are most common in the:
,a. stomach
b. duodenum
c. ileum
d. colon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ileum
The liver lies primarily within what abdominal region?
a. hypogastric
b. left lumbar
c. right hypochondriac
d. left inguinal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔right hypochondriac
A ruptured spleen bleeding onto the peritoneum beneath the
diaphragm may produce referred pain where?
a. groin
b. epigastrium
c. right arm
d. left shoulder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔left shoulder
The left and right quadrants are separated by the:
a. midclavicular line
b. transumbilical plane
, c. transpyloric plane
d. midsagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔midsagittal plane
The serous membrane of the abdomen is the:
a. stratified squamous epithelium
b. ciliated simple squamous epithelium
c. endothelium
d. aereolar connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ciliated
simple squamous epithelium
An apron-like mesentery, rich in lymphoid tissue is the:
a. coronary ligament
b. lienorenal ligament
c. sigmoid mesocolon
d. greater omentum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔greater omentum
T or F. Flow of lymph in lymphatic vessels is bidirectional. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False
A perforating duodenal ulcer may erode through a branch of the:
a. common hepatic a.
with correct answers
Which of the following nerves is not a branch of the anterior rami of
the intercostal nerves?
· Anterior cutaneous branches
· Collateral branches
· Lateral cutaneous branches
· Muscular branches
· Greater splanchnic nerve - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Greater
splanchnic nerve
The lining of the gut is derived from:
a. ectoderm
b. mesoderm
c. endoderm
d. hypoderm - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔endoderm
T or F: The esophagus is encompassed by parietal peritoneum. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔false
,The stomach is connected to the duodenum by way of the:
a. cardiac orifice
b. pyloric sphincter
c. fundus
d. ceacal valve - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pyloric sphincter
The hepatic sinusoids join the hepatic portal vein to the:
a. inferior mesenteric artery
b. coeliac trunk
c. central vein
d. superior vena cava - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔central vein
Pancreatic endocrine function involves the:
a. pancreatic ducts
b. pancreatic islets
c. duodenal papilla - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pancreatic islets
T or F. The spleen lies retroperitoneal. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔false
Peyer's patches are most common in the:
,a. stomach
b. duodenum
c. ileum
d. colon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ileum
The liver lies primarily within what abdominal region?
a. hypogastric
b. left lumbar
c. right hypochondriac
d. left inguinal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔right hypochondriac
A ruptured spleen bleeding onto the peritoneum beneath the
diaphragm may produce referred pain where?
a. groin
b. epigastrium
c. right arm
d. left shoulder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔left shoulder
The left and right quadrants are separated by the:
a. midclavicular line
b. transumbilical plane
, c. transpyloric plane
d. midsagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔midsagittal plane
The serous membrane of the abdomen is the:
a. stratified squamous epithelium
b. ciliated simple squamous epithelium
c. endothelium
d. aereolar connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ciliated
simple squamous epithelium
An apron-like mesentery, rich in lymphoid tissue is the:
a. coronary ligament
b. lienorenal ligament
c. sigmoid mesocolon
d. greater omentum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔greater omentum
T or F. Flow of lymph in lymphatic vessels is bidirectional. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False
A perforating duodenal ulcer may erode through a branch of the:
a. common hepatic a.
