ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
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◍ 23ft.
Answer: how long is the entire small intestine in the adult
◍ ileum.
Answer: which aspect of the small intestine is the longest?
◍ ileum.
Answer: which aspect of the small intestine is the smallest in diameter?
◍ manubrium, body, xiphoid process.
Answer: Name the 3 parts of the sternum
◍ jejunum.
Answer: the part of the intestine with a "feathery" and "coiled spring"
appearance when filled with braium
◍ xiphoid process.
Answer: what is the most distal aspect of sternum
◍ sternal angle.
Answer: name of palpable junction between the upper and midportion of
sternum?
◍ cecum and rectum.
Answer: the two aspects of the large intestine not considered part of the
colon
◍ manubrium.
, Answer: What aspect of the sternum possesses the jugular notch?
◍ a true rib attaches directly to the sternum with its own costocartilage.
Answer: what distinguishes a true rib from a false?
◍ vermiform appendix.
Answer: correct term for appendix
◍ a floating rib does not possess costocartilage.
Answer: what distinguishes a floating rib from a false rib
◍ True.
Answer: T/F the rectum possesses two anteroposterior curves that have a
direct impact on the rectal enema tip insertions
◍ true ribs.
Answer: the fifth rib is an example of a ______ rib
◍ False, in large intestine.
Answer: T/F the small sacculations found within the jejunum are called
haustra
◍ left colic (splenic) flexure.
Answer: which colic flexure is located 1-2 inches higher or more superior in
the abdomen
◍ suspensory ligament of the duodenum.
Answer: what is the name for the band of muscle tissue found at the junction
of the duodenum and jejunum
◍ sternal angle.
Answer: Which part of the sternum do the second ribs articulate?
◍ transverse colon.
Answer: which of the following structure is intraperitoneal
◍ rhythmic segmentation.
Answer: which of the following digestive movements occur in the small
intestine