Development & Rotation of the Gut — Topic Test
9 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.
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