Intermediate Body of the Stomach Quiz

Q1. Which arteries run along the lesser curvature and supply the gastric body?

• Middle and inferior rectal arteries
• Anterior and posterior tibial arteries
• Left and right gastric arteries
• Superior and inferior mesenteric arteries

Q2. Which arteries run along the greater curvature and contribute to the blood supply of the body?

• Renal and gonadal arteries
• Right and left colic arteries
• Right and left gastro-omental arteries
• Superior and inferior rectal arteries

Q3. Which artery is the usual source of the left gastric artery?

• Inferior mesenteric artery
• Superior mesenteric artery
• Celiac trunk
• Internal iliac artery

Q4. The left gastro-omental artery usually arises from which artery?

• Common iliac artery
• Left gastric artery
• Inferior mesenteric artery
• Splenic artery

Q5. Which venous system receives blood from veins draining the gastric body?

• Hepatic portal system
• Pulmonary venous system
• Internal iliac system
• Azygos system exclusively

Q6. Which lymph nodes receive lymph from much of the lesser curvature of the gastric body?

• Axillary nodes
• Superficial inguinal nodes
• Popliteal nodes
• Gastric nodes

Q7. Which lymph nodes are associated with drainage along the greater curvature of the stomach?

• Inferior mesenteric nodes only
• Gastro-omental nodes
• Deep cervical nodes
• Popliteal nodes

Q8. Which nerve provides the major preganglionic parasympathetic supply to the gastric body?

• Phrenic nerve
• Obturator nerve
• Pudendal nerve
• Vagus nerve

Q9. Which autonomic plexus distributes sympathetic fibers toward the stomach along branches of the celiac trunk?

• Sacral somatic plexus
• Brachial plexus
• Celiac plexus
• Cervical plexus

Q10. Which peritoneal space lies posterior to the stomach body?

• Pericardial cavity
• Lesser sac
• Greater sac only with no intervening space
• Pleural cavity