Digestive System

Question 1

Function of digestive system

Answer 1

To break down complex forms of food to use for energy into simpler forms and remove any waste unusable material from the body

Question 2

Are you more or less troubled by colon cancer if your food takes more time to move through

Answer 2

You are more troubled by colon cancer if it takes longer for the food to travel because any toxins, waste material, etc. continues to stay in the body for longer

Question 3

What is the order for examination of the digestive system

Answer 3

1) inspect
2) auscultation (listen)
3) percussion
4) palpitation.

(Look, Hear, Touch)

Question 4

Why do we listen before we touch when examining the digestive system

Answer 4

Touching before listening can cause agitation to your bowels and can stimulate bowel sounds that were usually not present

Question 5

What are bowel/stomach sounds called

Answer 5

Borboryglimi

Question 6

What is the average rate of bowel/stomach sounds?

Answer 6

5-30 sounds/min

Question 7

What would your bowels sound like if you dealt with constipation?

Answer 7

Would sound filled

Question 8

What would your bowels sound like if they were filled with diarrhea?

Answer 8

Would sound hollow

Question 9

What are accessory digestive organs

Answer 9

Organs that assist in digestion without having food pass through them (pancreas, liver, gallbladder)

Question 10

What are true digestive organs

Answer 10

Organs that assist in digestion and have food pass directly through them (stomach, small intestine, large intestine)