The myenteric (Auerbach's) plexus is located:

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Question 1 of 5

The myenteric (Auerbach's) plexus is located:

A. just beneath the epithelium of the mucosa, in lamina propria B. within lamina propria, adjacent to the muscularis mucosae C. in submucosa D. between the layers of smooth muscle in the muscularis

Correct Answer: D

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Question 2 of 5

Submucosal glands occur in the submucosa of the:

A. esophagus B. stomach C. jejunum D. ileum

Correct Answer: A

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Question 3 of 5

Choose the best description of the duodenum.

A. Mucosa with crypts and villi; epithelium with scattered goblet cells; lamina propria with occasional lymph nodules; submucosa unspecialized B. Mucosa with crypts but no villi; epithelium with scattered goblet cells; lamina propria with occasional lymph nodules; submucosa unspecialized C. Mucosa with both crypts and villi; epithelium with scattered goblet cells; lamina propria with occasional lymph nodules; submucosa with mucous glands D. Mucosa with both crypts and villi; epithelium with scattered goblet cells; lamina propria packed with mucous glands; submucosa with numerous lymph nodules

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4 of 5

Choose the best description of the gall bladder.

A. Mucosa with evaginations resembling villi (actually wrinkles), but no crypts; simple columnar epithelium consisting of a single absorptive cell type, without goblet cells; lamina propria unspecialized; no muscularis mucosa B. Mucosa with short tubular invaginations but no villi; epithelium with many goblet cells; lamina propria with occasional lymph nodules; submucosa unspecialized C. Nonkeratinized stratified-squamous epithelium; lamina propria unspecialized; distinct muscularis mucosa; submucosa with scattered mucous glands D. Mucosa without villi, but thick and densely packed with tubular glands containing several distinct cell types; epithelium apparently consisting of a single cell type lining surface and pits; lamina propria inconspicuous

Correct Answer: A

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Question 5 of 5

In which region(s) of the GI tract are there tubular mucous glands in the mucosa?

A. upper esophagus B. cardiac and pyloric stomach C. duodenum D. ileum

Correct Answer: B

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