GI Embryology

1) If a newborn male passes pale, clay-like meconium, which of the following

developmental abnormalities should be considered?

A) Omphalocele
B) Biliary atresia
C) Meckel’s diverticulum
D) Congenital pyloricstenosis

2) If an 80-year-old man has a blockage at the origin of the superiormesentericartery, the

blood supply to which of the following structures is most likely to be compromised?

A) Stomach
B) Liver
C) Ascending colon
D) Sigmoid colon
E) Spleen

3) Failure of retraction of the midgut in week 10 of development will most likely result in
which of the following conditions?

A) Short esophagus
B) Gastroschisis
C) Duodenal stenosis
D) Omphalocele
E) Exstrophy of the bladder

4) If the blood vessel supplying the hindgut is accidentally damaged during an operation in
the pelvis, which of the following structures will be affected?

A) Stomach
B) Appendix
C) Common bile duct
D) Liver
E) Descending colon
5) The liver is formed from which of the following embryonicstructures?

A) Splanchnicmesoderm
B) Vitelline veins
C) Gastrointestinal endoderm
D) All of the above

6) The following gastrointestinal tract structures does NOT undergo developmental rotation?

A) Stomach
B) Duodenum
C) Ventral pancreatic bud
D) Midgut
E) Hindgut

7) The first stomach rotation causes the and vagus nerves to become the and
vagal trunks, respectively.

A) Left; Right; Superior; Inferior

B) Right; Left; Lateral; Medial
C) Left; Right; Lateral; Medial
D) Right; Left; Anterior; Posterior
E) Left; Right; Anterior; Posterior

8) A two-week old male infant comes into the Emergency Room for weight loss and acute
dehydration. The infant has been projectile vomiting and his condition is worsening. Which
of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A) Anal atresia
B) Pyloric stenosis
C) Annular pancreas
C) Intestinal duplication

9) Which of the following ligaments is a derivative of the dorsal mesentery?

A) Hepatoduodenal
B) Falciform ligament of the liver
C) Gastrorenal
D) Coronary
E) Triangular ligament of the liver
10) A six week old baby has a simple columnar epithelium in aportion of
theirgastrointestinal tract. This would be indicative of which part of the gastrointestinal tracts
failure to complete the histological development process?

A) Esophagus
B) Stomach
C) Duodenum
D) Colon
E) Rectum