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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)