Class 1

Question 0

Nutritional Status

Answer 0

Type of diet, food intolerance, religious, cultural values, economic factors, physical conditions, emotional problems

Question 1

GI tract

Answer 1

23-26 ft long

Mouth-esophagus-stomach-small and large intestine - rectum and Anus

Question 2

Function of the Digestive Tract

Answer 2

Breakdown of food for digestion
Absorption of nutrients produced by digestion in the blood stream
Elimination of unanswered foodstuff and other waste products

Question 3

Major Enzymes and Secretions

Mouth: Saliva, Salivary amylase, Ptyalin

Answer 3

• begin the digestion of starches

* water and mucus contains saliva to lubricate the food and help with swallowing

Question 4

Stomach -Stores and mixes food with secretions

Answer 4

Pepsin- stores and mixes food with secretions

Question 5

Stomach

Intrinsic factor -

Answer 5

secreted by the gastric mucosa helps with the digestion of vitamin B12

Question 6

Hydrochloric acid

Answer 6

Highly acidic and is secreted by the glands of the stomach breakdown food into more absorbable components and aid in the the destruction of most ingested bacteria

Question 7

Small intestine : Duodenum, Jejunum, ileum

Answer 7

Pancreas- secrets enzymes into the duodenum to breakdown protein, fats, and carbohydrates

Question 8

Pancreas

Answer 8

Secreted a high concentration of bicarbonates to increase pH to neutralize the acid entering the duodenum
Trypsin - breakdown protein
Amylase - breakdown starch
Lipase - breakdown fats

Question 9

Liver

Answer 9

Makes and secret bile
Process the blood coming from the small intestine contains nutrients
Purified the blood of many impurities before traveling to the rest of the body

Question 10

Gallbladder

Answer 10

Storage sac for EXCESS bile
Bile made in the liver travels to small intestine via the bile ducts if the intestine does not bile then it travels to the gallbladder where it awaits (stored) until food is present
Helps to absorb fats in the diet and carried away waste from liver that cannot go into the kidney

Question 11

Amylase

Answer 11

Starch

Question 12

Lipase

Answer 12

Fats

Question 13

Pepsin

Answer 13

Protein

Question 14

Bile

Answer 14

Fat emulsion

Question 15

Intrinsic factor

Answer 15

B12

Question 16

Diagnostic tests

Answer 16

Stool specimens
Breath tests
Abdominal ultrasound
Imaging studies CT, PET, MRI

Question 17

Upper GI tract study

Answer 17

Mouth to Lg intestine

Question 18

Lower GI tract studies

Answer 18

Large intestine to the anis

Question 19

GI motility studies

Answer 19

Gastric emptying and transit time

Question 20

Endoscopic procedures

Answer 20

EGD

Question 21

Left Upper Qudrant

Some/ Silly/ Lilly/Loves/Super/Bowls

Answer 21

Stomach 
Spleen 
Lt Adrenal
Splenic flex ire of colon 
Body of pancreas

Question 22

Left lower Quadrant

Some/Lt: Owes, Five, Urine. Specimens

Answer 22

Sigmoid Colon
Lt. Ovary
Fallopian tube 
Ureter and lower Kidney 
Spermatic cord