NEET PG Medical – 2016 – Question – 92
All of the following organs are in direct contact with the spleen except?
a) Duodenum
b) Stomach
c) Left kidney
d) Colon
Correct Answer – A
Ans. is ‘A’ i.e., Duodenum
Gross morphology of the spleen
Spleen has two ends (anterior or lateral and posterior or medial), three borders (superior, inferior and intermediate), two surfaces (visceral and diaphragmatic), two angles (anterobasal angle and posterobasal angle) and hilum.
The anterior end is supported by the phrenicocolic ligament.
The superior border is characteristically notched near its anterior end.
The visceral surface is related to the fundus of stomach (at gastric impression), left kidney (at renal impression), splenic flexure of the colon (at colic impression) and tail of the pancreas (at pancreatic impression). Its lower end is related to the phrenicocolic ligament. The diaphragmatic surface is related to the diaphragm.
