The Portion of Peritoneum That Anchors the Small Intestines to the Posterior

question 30

Multiple Choice

The portion of peritoneum that anchors the small intestines to the posterior abdominal wall is called the

• A)greater omentum
• B)mesentery
• C)lesser omentum
• D)pleura
• E)pyloric sphincter

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Definitions:

Phi Coefficient

A metric indicating the strength and direction of the relationship between two dichotomous variables, with values spanning from -1 to 1.

Partial Correlation

A measure of the relationship between two variables, controlling for the effect of one or more other variables.

Mediating Variable

A variable that explains the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable in a statistical model.

Coefficient Of Determination

The amount of variance in one variable that is accounted for by the variance in another variable.