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6. The most common position of the appendix is where?

  • Retrocecal
  • Post-ileal
  • Pelvic
  • Pre-ileal

7. The jejunum

  • Has more prominent plicae circulares than the ileum
  • Has short vasa recta and extensive arterial arcades
  • Has a smaller diameter than the ileum
  • Is within the lower right quadrant mostly

8. If pain presents in Meckel's diverticulum it is commonly

  • Epigastric
  • Right lower quadrant
  • Periumbilical
  • Left lower quadrant

9. Meckel's diverticulum is located

  • At the antimesenteric border of the jejunum
  • At the antimesenteric border of the ileum
  • At the ileocecal valve
  • At the duodenojejunal junction

10. During malrotation

  • The GI tube rotates 270 degrees anticlockwise
  • The colon is anterior to the mesentry
  • The duodenum is posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels

11. The inferior mesenteric artery begins supplying the GI tract from what point?

  • The left colic flexure
  • The right colic flexure
  • 1/3rd of the way along the transverse colon
  • The caecum

12. Which of these statements is true about the anal canal?

  • The internal sphincter surrounds the upper 2/3rds of the anal canal
  • The external sphincter is involuntary
  • The external sphincter is continuous with the pubococcygeus muscle
  • The internal sphincter is made of longitudinal muscles

13. Which of these is not a symptom of a volvulus?

  • Vomiting
  • Watery diarrhoea
  • Bloody stools
  • Tinkling bowel sounds

14. Which of these is not a symptom of internal haemorrhoids?

  • Discharge
  • Pain
  • Bright red rectal bleeding
  • Prolapse

15. Which of these statements is true regarding the anal canal BELOW the pectinate line?

  • It drains into the mesenteric lymph nodes
  • Innervation is visceral
  • It is supplied by the internal pudendal artery
  • The nervous supply is via the inferior hypogastric plexus

16. Which of these statements is true?

  • The midgut vessels pass anteriorly to the third part of the duodenum
  • The duodenum is a peritoneal organ except at the cap, which is retroperitoneal
  • The third part of the duodenum is where the foregut becomes the midgut
  • The ampulla of vater is in the first part of the duodenum

17. The inferior aspect of the anal canal consists of what epithelium?

  • Keratinised and columnar
  • Columnar and pseudocolumnar
  • Non-keratinised and keratinised
  • Non-keratinised and columnar

18. The superior aspect of the anal canal consists of what epithelium?

  • Pseudocolumnar
  • Columnar
  • Keratinised
  • Squamous (non-keratinised)