Abdomen: practice question

The best answer is A, Duodenum. The duodenum begins at the pylorus of the stomach and is the first segment of small intestine, receiving bile and pancreatic secretions.

Cecum is the first part of the large intestine.

Jejunum follows the duodenum in the small intestine.

Ileum is the final portion of small intestine before the cecum.

It tests Abdomen in Anatomy. The correct option holds because: Correct: duodenum directly follows the stomach at the pylorus.

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

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