Exam 4: The Abdomen, Pelvis, and Perineum

Bile is stored and concentrated in the _________.

The site of entrance of the hepatic arteries and portal vein into the liver is the ____________.

Which vein carrying nutrients from the gut enters the liver and ends as a capillary bed?

Innervation of the diaphragm is provided primarily by the _____ nerve.

The three flat abdominal muscles exhibit broad tendons, or ____________.

Circumcision of a male is the surgical removal of the __________________________.

What is/are the main functions of the spleen?

The liver is supplied with oxygenated blood by the ________________________.

The innermost of the three flat muscles in the abdomen that originates from the lumbodorsal fascia, iliac crest, inguinal ligament, and lower costal cartilages is the _________________.

The component of the female genital system that is a specialized layer of mucous membrane that proliferates to form a thick lining to coincide with ovulation is the _________________.

The ________ is the basic functional unit of the kidney.

Which two veins unite at vertebral level L5 to form the inferior vena cava?

The __________ is a muscular tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder.

In the female, the homologue of the male penis is the _________________.

Arterial blood supply to the stomach is derived primarily from the ____________.

The __________ is a primary component of absorption. It contains circular folds (plicae circulares) and villi that aid in digestion. Each villus contains a central lymphatic capillary, or lacteal, which absorbs fats.

The common bile duct joins with the pancreatic duct distally to form a common chamber called the __________.

The ________ consists of two glands in one-the exocrine and endocrine portions.

Islets of Langerhans are a cluster of cells in the pancreas that produce ____________________.

The fibromuscular partition that separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity is the __________________________.