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Where does the digestive system start and end?

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Oral cavity

Anal opening

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What are the main functions of the digestive system?

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  • breakdown of ingested food and fluid
  • absorption of required nutrients and water
  • waste removal system
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Where does the system pass through in the body?

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Head, neck, thorax, abdomen and pelvis

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What are the abdominal sections split into based on the blood supply?

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foregut, midgut and hindgut

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What suplies the foregut?

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Branches from the celiac axis

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What supplies the midgut?

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Branches from the superior mesenteric arteries

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What supplies the hindgut?

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Branches from the inferior mesenteric arteries

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What occurs in the oral cavity?

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teeth break down food, tongue helps form a bolus which can be swallowed

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What do the salivery glands release?

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Amylase to begin the breakdown of starch

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Whats the role of the pharynx?

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Collects the bolus and funnels it towards the oesophagus

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How and where does the oesphagus push food down its tube?

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Muscular tube from inferior constrictor of the pharynx (C6 level in the neck)
Through the thoracic inlet and into the posterior mediastinum of the thorax
Passes through the oesphageal opening of the diaphragm at T10 vertebral level
Small intra-abdominal section before joining the stomach

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What are the structures within the foregut?

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Distal oesophagus, stomach, liver, gall bladder, spleen, proximal duodenum, pancreas

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What parts of the foregut are involved in the digestive system and why?

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Proximal duodenum and part of pancreas as they both get supply from the celiac axis and the superior mesenteric arteries

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Where does the celiac axis originate from?

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Anterior surface of the abdominal aorta and vertebral level T12

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What does the celiac axis split into?

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The left gastric and hepatic splenic arteries

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Where does blood from the foregut drain into?

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Portal system and eventually into the hepatic portal vein

From there into the liver to have any toxins removed

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Where does the liver drain blood directly?

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Inferior vena cava via hepatic veins

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Name the 3 parts of the stomach

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Fundus, body and pyloric canal

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There is a lesser curvature and a greater curvature in the stomach. What is the lessure curvature also called?

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Angular incisure

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What are the folds within the stomach called?

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Rugae

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How many layers does the stomach have?

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3

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What is the function of the stomach?

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Churns food with digestive acid to crete chyme which is passed into the duodernum via the pyloric valve

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Where does the oesophagus pass through the stomach?

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The fundis

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What can patients be given in order for thier soft tissue to be seen in an X-ray?

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Barium meal

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What is the role of the lesser omentum?
Carries the hepatic portal vein to the liver
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How is the gretaer omentum moved? | Situated under the greater curvature of the stomach
By the intestines
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What does the greater omentum do when the intestines are infected?
Moves and adheres to the area of infection and tries to localise any infections within the area?
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Where is the liver located?
Very large organ under right hemisphere-diaphragm, also protected by the lower ribs and crosses the midline
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What is located between the left and right node on the anterior view of the liver?
Falciform ligament
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Where is the gall bladder located on the liver?
Beneath the right lobe
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What 4 lobes are seen on the poster-inferior view of the liver?
Left lobe Right lobe Quadrate lobe Caudate lobe
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Where does blood drain to from the liver?
Into the inferior vena cava via hepatic veins
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What occurs in the porta hepatic of the liver?
Blood is carried to the liver via hepatic aretry and portal vein Bile is carried away from the liver by the bile duct
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What is the use of bile in the liver?
Emulsify fats
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What does the gall bladder do?
Stores bile and releases it into the duodenum via the cystic and bile ducts
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How to gallstones form?
As the bile concentrates- removing water but forming 'stones' made of salts, bile pigments and cholesterol
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Where is the spleen located and what is it protected by?
Small organ posterior and lateral to the stomach | Protected by left ribs 9,10,11
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What is the purpose of the spleen?
Breaks down old red blood cells, naiive T and B immune cells are exposed to antigens
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Describe the duodenum
'C' shaped tube passing between the pyloric valve of the stomach and the jejunum
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What is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th part of the duodenum?
1st- Duodenel cap attached to the pyloric valve 2nd- Loop around head of pancreas, duodenal papilla (Ampulla of Vater) entrance of bile duct and pancreatic duct 3rd- Transverse crossed by superior mesenteric vessels 4th- Ascending to join jejunum
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Where does the duodenum recieve blood from?
Branches of the celiac axis and branches of the superior mesenteric arteries
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What type of organ is the pancreas?
Endorine and Exocrine | insulin and digestive enzyme
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Where is the head and tail of the pancreas located?
Head - Loop of the duodenum | Tail- Extends to abut on the spleen
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What does the main pancreatic duct do?
Empties digestive enzymes into the duodenum
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What runs along the posterior/superior surface of the pancreas?
Spenic artery and vein
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Where does the midgut pass?
Passes from the distal duodenum to 2/3rds along the transverse colon
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What does the midgut contain?
Small and large intestine
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Where does the midgut recieve and drain blood?
Receives- branches of the superior mesenteric artery | Drains- to the hepatic portal vein (portal vein made by union of superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein)
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What does the peritoneum do?
Lines the abdominal cavity Creates a smooth environment for the soft, delicate organs Holds organs to the abdominal wall
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What does the mesentery do on the small intestine?
Carries blood vessels, autonomic nerves and lymphatic vessels
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What does the greater and lesser omentum do?
Greater- overlies the intestines | Lesser- carries structures to/from the portal hepatis
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Where does the jujunum and ileum extend to?
Jejunum- passes from the distal duodenum to the ileum | Ileum- Passes from the jejunum to the caecum at iliocaecal junction
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What is the Caecum?
First part of the large intestine | Swollen sac at the proximal end of the ascending colon, and has a small outgrowth called the appendix
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What is the appendix?
Blind-ended tube that may have immune function
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Where does the ascending colon lie?
Between the caecum and the transverse colon | Passes on the right side of the abdominal cavity and ends at the hepatic flexure
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What does the ascending colon do?
Absorption of nutrients and water
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What is the hausfrau, tenaie coli and appendices epiplocae?
Sacculations Longitudinal muscle band Fatty tags
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Where does the transverse colon start and end from?
Start- hepatic flexure | End- Splenic flexure
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What does habitus mean?
Affect of body shape
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Where is the hingut located?
Between the splenic flexure and the anal canal
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What is within the hindgut?
Distal transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum and anal canal
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Where does the hindgut receive and drain blood?
Receive- Branches of the inferior mesenteric artery (aorta L3) Drains- To portal vein until mid-rectum, distal rectum drains to inferior vena cava
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Where does the decending colon lie?
Between the splenic flexure and the sigmoid colon | Passes down the left side of the abdominal cavity
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Describe the anal canal
Smooth muscle and skeletal sphincters
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Where do the different arteries supply?
Coeliac axis- T12 (foregut) Superior mesenteric artery- L1 Inferior mesenteric artery- L3
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Why is it called hepatic portal vein?
Takes blood to the liver
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What is the hepatic portal vein a union of?
Spenic and superior mesenteric veins

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