g.i tract

Question 1

what is the function of the stomach

Answer 1

to store food for churning and move chyme to the small intestine

Question 2

when the stomach is empty where does it lay? filled?

Answer 2

left side of abdomen within coastal arch.

moves caudally contacting mental body wall

Question 3

the 4 main parts of the stomach

Answer 3

cardiac,funds, body, pyloric

Question 4

the 3 parts of the pyloric part

Answer 4

pyloric antrum
pyloric canal
pyloric sphincter

Question 5

the interior part of the stomach contains folds of the mucosa and submucosa called

Answer 5

rugae

Question 6

gastric mucosa is divided into three regions :

Answer 6

cardiac (mucus)
proper gastric (gastric juice, pepsin and ccl
Pyloric (mucus)

Question 7

Gastric Dilation Volvulus (GDV)

Answer 7

when a animal is fed a big meal then exercises. pylorus rotates 90-360 degrees from right to left over fundus and body. gastric contents ferments and stomach dilates. this reduces venous return to the heart

Question 8

major digestive absorption and main site for absorption

Answer 8

small intestine

Question 9

treatment of GDV

Answer 9

inorgastric tube
insert trocha to let gas out
IV fluids
gastropexy

Question 10

function of duodenum

Answer 10

enzymatic digestion and absorption

Question 11

what is intussusception

Answer 11

occurs most commonly at ileocolic junction, most frequently in young animals.
invagination of one segment of the intestine into the lumen of the adjoining one.
ileum goes into colon
causes intestinal and venous obstruction

Question 12

what part of the intestine serves as a common site for obstruction

Answer 12

jejunum

Question 13

clinical sig of jejunum

Answer 13

foreign body obstruction:wide variety of foreign objects may be ingested. in young dog.

Question 14

the gall bladder is located between what two lobes of the liver

Answer 14

right medial and quadrate lobes