Intermediate Greater Curvature of the Stomach Quiz

Q1. From which artery does the right gastro-omental artery usually arise?

• Renal artery
• Gastroduodenal artery
• Left gastric artery
• Inferior mesenteric artery

Q2. From which artery does the left gastro-omental artery usually arise?

• Right gastric artery
• Superior mesenteric artery
• Splenic artery
• Internal iliac artery

Q3. What is the key arterial relationship between the right and left gastro-omental arteries?

• They supply only the lesser curvature
• They anastomose along the greater curvature
• They terminate without communication in all individuals
• They form the portal vein

Q4. Which veins accompany the gastro-omental arteries along the greater curvature?

• Internal and external iliac veins
• Azygos and hemiazygos veins only
• Right and left gastro-omental veins
• Superior and inferior venae cavae

Q5. The right gastro-omental vein usually drains into which vein?

• Inferior vena cava directly
• Inferior mesenteric vein
• Superior mesenteric vein
• Internal iliac vein

Q6. The left gastro-omental vein usually drains into which vein?

• Renal vein only
• Splenic vein
• Azygos vein
• External iliac vein

Q7. Which lymph nodes lie along the greater curvature and receive gastric lymph?

• Popliteal nodes
• Gastro-omental nodes
• Inferior mesenteric nodes
• Superficial inguinal nodes

Q8. Which peritoneal ligament carries the short gastric vessels near the upper greater curvature?

• Gastrosplenic ligament
• Median umbilical ligament
• Falciform ligament
• Hepatogastric ligament

Q9. Which portion of the greater omentum connects the stomach to the transverse colon?

• Hepatoduodenal ligament
• Ligamentum venosum
• Gastrocolic ligament
• Phrenicocolic ligament

Q10. Which space lies posterior to the stomach and anterior to the pancreas?

• Lesser sac
• Subarachnoid space
• Pleural cavity
• Pericardial cavity