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Development & Rotation of the Gut — Practice

Q1.Moderate
A 3-day-old neonate develops bilious vomiting. Contrast study shows the duodenojejunal flexure lying to the right of the midline and the caecum in the right hypochondrium, indicating arrested rotation of the midgut. Around which structure does the physiological midgut loop normally rotate during development?
AVitellointestinal duct
BCoeliac trunk
CSuperior mesenteric artery
DInferior mesenteric artery