Chapter 26 Part 2

Question 1

True or false: the stomach is the most elastic part of the GI tract?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Area of stomach that surrounds the superior opening?

Answer 2

Cardia

Question 3

The superior portion of the stomach, left of its opening is known as?

Answer 3

Fundus

Question 4

The large central portion of the stomach is called?

Answer 4

Body

Question 5

The narrow, inferior region of the stomach is known as? Contains sphincter

Answer 5

Pylorus

Question 6

Nerve impulses trigger gentle, rippling peristaltic movements of the muscularis inside the stomach when stomach is full. What are these movements called?

Answer 6

Mixing waves

Question 7

Each of the movements of the previous question pushes a small amount of chyme through the pyloric sphincter into duedenum, this process is called?

Answer 7

Gastric emptying

Question 8

This accessory digestive organ lies posterior to the stomach and secrets digestive enzymes into the duodenum to aid digestion in the small intestine.

Answer 8

Pancreas

Question 9

Secretions of precious question organ pass into the duodenum via the pancreatic duct. Where the pancreatic and common bile ducts unite is called?

Answer 9

Hepatopancrestic ampulla

Question 10

Most of the small clusters of glandular epithelial cells, tasked with exocrine function of the pancreas, are called?

Answer 10

Acini

Question 11

The secondary largest organ in the body is also an accessory organ of digestion. It lies inferior to the diaphragm and secrets bile. What is this organ?

Answer 11

Liver

Question 12

This pear- shaped accessory organ hangs inferiorly to the previous question organ and is tasked with storing bile before its released into small intestine.

Answer 12

Gallbladder

Question 13

The principal bile pigment is?

Answer 13

Bilirubin

Question 14

Crystallized components of bile that can cause intermittent or complete obstruction of bile flow from gallbladder to the duodenum are?

Answer 14

Gallstones

Question 15

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Which type causes severe liver damage?

Answer 15

Hepatitis D

Question 16

In which digestive organ does most of the digestion and absorption occur?

Answer 16

Small intestine

Question 17

Which portion of the small intestine is in the left upper quadrant?

Answer 17

Jejunum

Question 18

The last portion of the small intestine joins with the large intestine, is mostly in the right lower quadrant.

Answer 18

Ileum

Question 19

The sphincter between the small and large intestine is?

Answer 19

Illeocecal sphincter

Question 20

About how long does chyme remain in the small intestine?

Answer 20

3-5 hours

Question 21

What percentage of digestive absorption occurs in the small intestine?

Answer 21

90%

Question 22

The large major part of the GI tract is? It’s four regions are the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal.

Answer 22

Large intestine

Question 23

Attached to the cecum of the large intestine is a cooked tube, which controls bacteria entering large intestine via immune responses, is called?

Answer 23

Vermiform appendix

Question 24

The longest portion of the large intestine is? Divided into ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid.

Answer 24

Colon

Question 25

The longitudinal outer bands of the large intestine are called?

Answer 25

Teniae coli

Question 26

The colon is gathered into series of pouches called?

Answer 26

Haustra

Question 27

Name the phase of digestion charaterized by the smell, sight, sound, or thought of food activating neural centers in the brain.

Answer 27

Cephalic phase

Question 28

Name the phase of digestion where food hits the stomach, thereby starting digestion.

Answer 28

Gastric phase

Question 29

Name the phase of digestion when food chyme enters the small intestine.

Answer 29

Intestinal phase

Question 30

True or false: the incidence of colon cancer decreases with age.

Answer 30

False