Small & Large Intestine

The following questions ask you to associate specific features to the small or large intestine (sometimes specific sections).

Plicae Circulares

Epiploic Appendages

Peyer's Patches (specific section)

Haustrations

Long vasa recta (specific section)

Teniae Coli

What vessel is indicated by the arrow? What are its main branches?

• Superior Mesenteric A - Middle, Right & Ileocolic arteries

• Inferior Mesenteric A - Left Colic, Sigmoidal & Superior Rectal

• Coeliac Trunk - Left Gastric, Common Hepatic & Splenic

• Superior Mesenteric A - Marginal, Left & Right Colic arteries

What is the nerve supply to caecum and appendix?

• Coeliac Plexus

• Peri-arterial plexuses

• Superior Mesenteric Plexus

• Lumbar Splanchnic nerves

Finally, could you spare a minute to share your thoughts on this session? Something you found particularly useful/needs improving?