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ileum, immune cells

colon, mucus secreting cells

duodenum, glandular secreting cells

Based on the development and relationship to the peritoneum, the stomach is considered to be:

Retroperitoneal

Secondarily retroperitoneal

Intraperitoneal

Sub-peritoneal

If the small intestine undergoes volvulus, what does this mean?

A region of the gut has become abnormally retroperitoneal

The intestines have pathologically overtwisted around a mesenteric point

The enteric nervous system is not functioning properly

The urorectal septum failed to develop normally and extend

Which of the following types of epithelial cells would you only find in the stomach?

Enteroendocrine cell

Goblet cell

Parietal cell

Paneth cell

Chief cell

Enterocyte

Signals from what tissue repress the induction of the liver?

Duodenum

Notochord

Gall bladder

Cardiac mesoderm

The lesser omentum develops from what mesentery?

Parietal

Dorsal

Medial

Ventral

At the level of the foregut, the ventral mesentery develops into:

Gastrosplenic ligament and splenorenal ligament

Falciform ligament and hepatogastric ligament

Greater omentum and falciform ligament

Lesser omentum and gastrosplenic ligament

What does the hindgut initially open into?

Amniotic space

Cloaca

Allantois

Vitelline duct

Superior to (i.e. above) the pectinate/dentate line in the anal canal, the epithelial lining is derived from?

Mesoderm

Ectoderm

Neural crest

Endoderm

What is the definition of a teratogen?

The study of factors that can cause congenital malformations to occur.

A substance or physical agent that can act on the developing embryo, causing a congenital anomaly.

A type of congenital anomaly that was caused by an environmental agent.

The method by which an agent can cause harm to a developing embryo.