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Gastrointestinal System Flashcards

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Upper Gastrointestinal System

  • Mouth
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  • initiation of mechanical and chemical difestion
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Upper Gastrointestinal System

  • esophagus
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  • transports food from the mouth to the stomach
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Upper Gastrointestinal System

  • stomach
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  • Grinding of food, secretions of HCL and other exocrine functions, secretions of hormones that release digestive enzymes from the liver, pancreas ans gallbladder to assist with digestion
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Lower Gastrointestinal System

  • duodenum
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  • neutralizes acid in food from the stomach and mixes pancreatic and biliary secretions with food
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Lower Gastrointestinal System

  • Jejunum
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  • Absorbs water, electrolytes, and nutrients
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Lower Gastrointestinal System

  • Ileum
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  • Absorbs Bile and intrinsic factors to be recycled
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Lower Gastrointestinal System

  • Ascending, transverse, descending sigmoid, rectum and anus
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  • continues to absorb water and electrolytes, stores and eliminates undigested food as feces
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Gland Organs

  • Gallbladder
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  • Stores and releases bile into the duodenum to assist with digestion
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Gland Organs

  • Liver
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  • Bile is produced and is necessary for absorption of lipid soluble substances, assists with red blood cell and vitamin K production, regulates serum level of carbohydrates proteins and fats
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Gland Organs

  • pancreas
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  • exocrine-secretes bicarbonate and digestive enzymes into the duodenum;
  • endocrine- secretes insulin, glucagon, and other hormones into the blood to regulate serum glucose level
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Abdominal Pain Quadrant and Potential Etiologies

  • Left Upper Quadrant
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  • Gastirc Ulcer
  • perforated colon
  • Pneumonia
  • Spleen injury
  • spleen rupture
  • Aortic aneurysm
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Abdominal Pain Quadrant and Potential Etiologies

  • Right Upper Quadrant
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  • Hepatomegaly
  • Duodenal Ulcer
  • Cholecystitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Hapatitis
  • Biliary Stones
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Abdominal Pain Quadrant and Potential Etiologies

-Left Lower Quadrant

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  • Perforated Colon
  • Ileitis
  • sigmoid diverticulitis
  • kidney stone
  • Ureteral Stone
  • Intetsinal obstruction
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Abdominal Pain Quadrant and Potential Etiologies

  • Right Lower Quadrant
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  • Kidney stone
  • Ureteral stone
  • meckel diverticulum
  • appendicitis
  • cholecystitis
  • intestinal obstruction
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