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A woman with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy is admitted to the hospital for a culdocentesis. A long needle on the syringe is most efficiently inserted through which of the following areas to withdraw tissue fluid from the peritoneal cavity for diagnostic purposes?

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Which of the following is not associated with cirrhosis of the liver?

A 72-year-old man comes to his physician for an annual checkup. Which of the following structures is most readily palpated during rectal examination?

The quadrate lobe of the liver is most closely related to which of the following structures?

The cystic artery typically branches from which of the following arteries?

Which of the following is not typically considered to be an accessory digestive organ?

Which of the following pairs of veins is important because of their portal – systemic anasomoses? In other words, one of the veins would drain into the inferior vena cava system and the other vein would drain into the hepatic portal system. If the liver was compromised, such as in cirrhosis, these pairs would provide alternative routes to bypass the liver.

The medulla of the suprarenal (adrenal) glands secretes which of the following hormones?

Absorption of most nutrients (and/or toxins) occurs in which of the following organs?