Statistics for Pancreas/Duodenum

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In meters what is the average length of the small intestine?	6	100%
How many parts is the duodenum divided into?	4	80%
In centimeters how long is the second (descending) section?	8 cm	80%
In centimeters what is the average length of the duodenum?	25	60%
How many parts make up the pancreas?	5	60%
The shape that the duodenum has is described as similar to a letter, which letter is this?	C	60%
What is the name given to the point at which the bile duct enters the duodenum?	Ampulla of Vater	40%
The duodenojejunal junction is the root of the fan-like mesentery of the small intestine, what vertebral level is this at?	L2	40%
The third section crosses the vertebral column from right to left at the same time as it passes over the inferior vena cava, what vertebral level is this at?	L3	40%
The name of the sphincter that controls secretion into the duodenum?	Sphincter of Oddi	40%
Which part is the first to become retroperitoneal?	2nd	20%
What is the name given to the third part?	Inferior or horizontal	20%
Which ligament does the tail of the pancreas lie in?	Lienorenal	20%
What vessels run between the pancreas' uncinate process and neck?	Superior Mesenteric	20%
What artery supplies the duodenum up to the entry of the bile duct?	Superior pancreaticoduodenal	20%
Where does lyph from the duodenum drain to?	Pancreatic duodenal nodes	0%