Contrast Studies Flashcards
Are the three structures that start digestion?
1) teeth
2) tongue
3) salivary glands
Where is the parotid gland found?
Infront of he ear
Where is the submandibular or submaxillary glands found?
Below jaw
Where is the sublingual glands found?
Floor of the mouth
How long is the pharynx and esophagus ?
10in esophagus
What does the oropharynx do?
Conveys food to the esophagus and air to the larynx
What does the nasopharynx do?
Closest during swallowing to prevent food from going into the nose
Is the epiglottis do?
Prevents food from entering the trachea
How long is the esophagus and what does it do?
10in long
Passes via peristalsis and salads via gravity
Where does the esophagus start and end?
Pharynx to the stomach
Where is the cardiac sphincter located in the stomach?
At the opening between the esophagus and stomach
What is the purpose of the cardiac sphincter?
Regurgitates food back up the esophagus
Where is the pyloric sphincter found in the stomach?
Sitting between the stomach and the small intestine
What is Rugae?
Folds in the stomach
Pylorus is what part of the stomach?
Distal
What part of the body is the stomach?
Mid section of stomach
Which part of the stomach is the fundus?
Superior portion of stomach
Which part of the stomach is the cardia?
Surrounds the cardiac sphincter (opening)
The stomach up here in a hypersthenic person?
Sits horizontal, midway, higher in stomach and starts in the LUQ to RUQ
How does the stomach appear in a asthenic person?
Vertical and lower in abdomen in the pelvis area
How long is the small intestine?
22-28 ft in length
How many portions of the small intestine divided into?
3
What is the function of the small intestine?
Where the majority of digestion takes place
What are the three portions of the small intestine are divided into?
1) duodenum
2) jujunum
3) ileum
What in the small intestine is “C”shaped, is 8-10 inches in length where all the digestive juices dump into?
Duodenum
What in the small intestine is 2/5, 8 feet in length is in the upper portion of the intestine?
Jejunum
Which part of the small intestine is the lower 3/5. and that is 15in in length and where crones disease typically occurs?
Ileum
What is the function of the large intestine?
Waste removal and absorption of water
The large intestine is how long?
5-8 ft in length and takes up all 4 quadrants
Haustra is what?
Pouches in lg intestine
What are the 3 subdivisions at the large intestine that are broken down into?
Cecum
Colon
Rectum
Where does ileum and large intestine meet?
At the cecum
What is situated at the junction of the cecum and illeum?
Illeocecal valve
The colon is divided into what 4 subdivisions?
1) ascending colon
2) transverse colon
3) descending colon
3) sigmoid colon
Which colon Passes inferiorly from left colic flexure to sigmoid colon?
Descending colon
Which colon is horizontally portion extending from the right colic flexure to left colic flexure
Transverse Colon
What is the very end portion of the large intestine that is 6 inches in length?
Rectum