Intermediate Body of the Gallbladder Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

• Both surfaces are always completely retroperitoneal
• Only the hepatic surface is peritoneal
• 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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