Abdomen: practice question

The best answer is A, Esophagus. The esophagus passes through the diaphragm at the esophageal hiatus around T10, accompanied by vagal trunks and esophageal vessels.

Aorta passes through the aortic hiatus.

Thoracic duct passes with the aorta, not alone through esophageal hiatus.

Inferior vena cava passes through the caval opening.

It tests Abdomen in Anatomy. The correct option holds because: Correct: esophagus traverses the esophageal hiatus.

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.

Learn every nerve by its route, its muscles and what a lesion looks like at the bedside. That one habit answers a large share of questions. Then use the flashcards and the other Anatomy questions on this site to test what stuck.

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