Review Questions
1. Which dermatome overlies the umbilicus?
2. What abdominal viscera lie in the left hypochondriac region?
3. What are the layers of the abdominal wall?
4. What nerve is in the spermatic cord, and what does it innervate?
5. What is an indirect inguinal hernia?
6. What is the access point to the lesser sac?
7. Where does the hepatopancreatic ampulla terminate?
8. What are the three major branches of the celiac artery (trunk), and what do they supply?
9. Identify several easy ways to differentiate the jejunum from the ileum.
10. What structures are supplied blood by the SMA?
11. Where is McBurney’s point?
12. Which portions of the large bowel are retroperitoneal?
13. What is the bare area of the liver?
14. What are the four important sites of portocaval anastomoses?
15. Trace bile from the liver to the gallbladder and then the duodenum, naming every duct traversed in correct order.
16. Where does the thoracic lymphatic duct begin?
17. Identify three common anatomical sites where a renal calculus (stone) may become lodged and obstruct urine flow.
18. Into which veins do the gonadal veins empty?
19. How are thoracic splanchnic nerves distributed to the abdominal GI tract?
20. Where do the pain afferents from the abdominal viscera terminate in the central nervous system?
21. Which nerves of the lumbar plexus arise from the L2-L4 ventral rami, and what do they innervate?
22. What is the parasympathetic innervation to the abdominal GI tract?
23. What is the axis around which the gut tube rotates during development?
24. What is the metanephros?
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