Ch 32 Digestive System Flashcards
Food is converted into what? For what reason?
Sugar. Energy
Correct order of phases in digestion?
Ingestion —> digestion —> absorption —> elimination (execration)
Appendicitis is? How do you fix this?
Inflammation of the appendix. Surgical removal.
Barium
GI test where PT swallows drink with dye( barium) so things are visible in an ex ray.
Colonoscopy
Needed every 10 years after age of 50. Visual examination of the colon.
Name of structure that serves as a collection area for the remains of digestion?
Rectum
What food is digested first? Last?
Carbohydrates.
Last is protein.
Cuspids
Also called canines. Used to tear and puncture food.
What type of stool does a PT with IBS/spastic colon usually have?
Alternating from constipation to diarrhea. Stools often small and contains mucus.
Anal fissure
Cracks or tear in the lining of the anus due to constipation.
Constipation
Sluggish bowl action
Diverticulosis
Bolding pouches in GI tract that causes inflammation and abdominal pain.
How do you get the hepatitis vaccine?
3 shots over a 6 month period.
Hepatitis
Inflammation of the liver.
What’s the function of the liver?
PRODUCE BYLE/ secretes BYLE
Process proteins, filters toxins, helps w/ blood clot formation