Intermediate Body of the Gallbladder Quiz

Q1. Which abdominal structures may be related to the inferior surface of the gallbladder body?

• Urinary bladder and rectum
• Duodenum and transverse colon
• Spleen and left kidney only
• Esophagus and left adrenal gland

Q2. How is the hepatic surface of the gallbladder body attached to the liver?

• By the falciform ligament
• By a long mesentery in every person
• By the greater omentum only
• By connective tissue in the gallbladder fossa

Q3. How does the peritoneal covering of the gallbladder body differ on its free and hepatic surfaces?

• Only the hepatic surface is peritoneal
• Both surfaces are always completely retroperitoneal
• The free surface is peritoneal, while the hepatic surface is attached to the liver
• Neither surface has any serosal relationship

Q4. Which histological feature is absent from the normal gallbladder wall?

• Connective tissue
• Simple columnar epithelium
• Smooth muscle bundles
• A distinct muscularis mucosae and submucosa

Q5. How does the gallbladder concentrate bile within its body?

• By secreting large amounts of pancreatic enzymes
• By filtering bile through glomeruli
• By adding portal venous blood
• By absorbing water and electrolytes

Q6. What is the arrangement of smooth muscle in the gallbladder wall?

• Only an outer longitudinal layer
• Irregularly arranged smooth muscle bundles
• No muscle in the wall
• A single layer of skeletal muscle

Q7. Which lymph nodes commonly receive initial lymphatic drainage from the gallbladder?

• Axillary nodes
• Cystic and hepatic nodes
• Inferior mesenteric nodes only
• Popliteal nodes

Q8. What happens to the gallbladder body during physiologic contraction?

• It propels bile toward the neck and cystic duct
• It moves bile into hepatic veins
• It secretes pancreatic juice
• It pumps blood into the portal vein

Q9. Which developmental structure gives rise to the gallbladder and cystic duct?

• Dorsal mesogastrium only
• Mesonephric duct
• Ureteric bud
• Caudal portion of the hepatic diverticulum

Q10. Why can inflammation of the gallbladder body affect adjacent bowel?

• Because it lies inside the colonic lumen
• Because it surrounds the duodenum
• Because it normally opens into the transverse colon
• Because the body may directly contact the duodenum or transverse colon