NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

HEAD NECK

SALIVARY GLANDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This is located near the junction of the small and large intestines. It is very small and is a vestigial structure.
A
Cecum
B
Vermiform appendix
C
Coelom
D
Colon
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -appendix, formally vermiform appendix, in anatomy, a vestigial hollow tube that is closed at one end and is attached at the other end to the cecum, a pouchlike beginning of the large intestine into which the small intestine empties its contents.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ileocecal valve of the ileum (small intestine) passes material into the large intestine at the cecum.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vermiform appendix is a part of the digestive tract which lies in right lower quadrant of abdomen. It has a worm-like structure and arises during embryological life from the posteromedial wall of the cecum, about 2 cm below the ileocecal valve [1].

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