Card 20 / 34: A 50 year-old woman comes in for a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer. She is asymptomatic. Multiple diverticula are seen in the colon. Which of the following best describes the location of diverticula in the colon?
1.) They are most commonly located in the ascending colon
2.) They are most commonly located in the transverse colon
3.) They develop where the vasa rectae penetrate the colonic circular muscle
4.) They develop where the vasa rectae penetrate the anti-mesenteric taenia
5.) They are most commonly located in the cecum

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