Chapter 13 Flashcards
Length of small bowel
15-23 feet (4.5-5.5 m)
Shortest, widest, and most fixed part of the small intestine
Duodenum
Makes up 2/5’s of the small bowel
Jejunum
Where is the duodenojejunal flexure located
LUQ
What causes the jejunum to have a feathery appearance?
Villi
Where is the ileum located
RUQ, mostly in the LLQ and RLQ
How long is the ileum?
3/5’s of the small bowel
Where is the ileocecal valve located
RLQ
The circumference of the ileum is _____________ than the rest of the small intestine
Smaller
Function of the ileocecal valve
Controls the dumping of it’s contents into the cecum; somewhat prevents reflux
Large intestine has 3 bands of muscle called:
Taeniae coli
Function of taeniae coli
Pull the colon up like drapes or pouches called haustra
The large intestine is located around the:
Periphery of the abdomen
A large pouch located inferior to the ileocecal valve
Cecum
True/false - the cecum is free floating and very movable
True
What is attached to the cecum
Appendix
4 parts of the colon
Ascending
Transverse
Descending
Sigmoid
Part that ascends towards the liver, ends at the hepatic flexure
Ascending
Located transverse or horizontal from the hepatic flexure to the splenic flexure
Transverse
Located from the splenic flexure and travels down to sigmoid colon
Descending
Lart part of the colon which turns into the rectum
Sigmoid
Final 1.5 inch of the intestine which terminates at the anus
Anal canal
What is the direction of the rectum
Starts inferior and posterior along sacrum.. curves to inferior and anterior along rectal ampulla.. curves inferior and posterior along anal canal
Barium location in supine position
Ascending & descending colon
Aspects of sigmoid
Barium location in prone position (intestines)
Transverse colon
Sigmoid
What part of the colon is the most anterior
Transverse
Sigmoid
Functions of the small intestine
Chemical and mechancial digestion
Functions of duodenum and jejunum
Absorption of nutrients, H2O, salts and proteins
Reabsorption of H2O and salts
Function of large intestine
Reabsorption of H2O and inorganic salts, vitamins B & K, amino acids
Elimination
Digestive movements of small intestine
Peristalsis
Rhythmic segmentation