Prelim | L4: Mastery of Digestive Tract Anatomy and its Accessory Organs with Radiologic Correlation

Question 1

Divisions of the digestive system

Answer 1

Gastrointestinal Tract/ Alimentary Canal

Accessory Digestive Organs

Question 2

Majot functions og the digestive system

Answer 2

1. Ingestion
2. Digestion
3. Absorption
4. Excretion/ Defacation

Question 3

Organs oft the GI tract

Answer 3

Mouth
Pharynx
Esophagus
Stomach
SI
LI

Question 4

Accessory digestive organs

Answer 4

Teeth
Tongue
Salivary glands
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas

Question 5

Other term for the mouth

Answer 5

Oral/ buccal cavity

Question 6

Maneuvers the food during mastication and deglutition

Answer 6

Tongue

Question 7

Divisions of the esophagus

Answer 7

Upper third
Middle third
:Lower third

Question 8

Functions of the saliva secreted by the salivary galnds

Answer 8

Moistens food for easier swallowing
Starts dgestion

Question 9

Major salivary galnds

Answer 9

Parotid gland
Submandibular gland
Sublingual gland

Question 10

Largest salivary gland

Answer 10

Parotid gland

Question 11

Smallest salivary galnd

Answer 11

Sublingual gland

Question 12

Salivary Ducts

Answer 12

Parotid duct (Stensen’s)
Submandibular duct (Wharton’s)
Sublingual duct (Bartholin’s)

Question 13

Muscle that prevents food from going back to esophagus; regulates entrance of substances

Answer 13

Esophageal sphincter

Question 14

Major parts of the stomach

Answer 14

Cardia
Fundus
Body
Pyloric part

Question 15

Pyloric part

Answer 15

Pyloric antrum
Pyloric canal
Pylorus

Question 16

Terminal end of the somach

Answer 16

Pylorus

Question 17

Greater curvature vs lesser curvature

Answer 17

Greater: Lateral side
Lesser: Medial side

Question 18

Function of the rugae

Answer 18

Allows for greater surface area of stommach

Question 19

Layers of the muscularis of the stomach

Answer 19

1. Longitudinal layer
2. Circular layer
3. Oblique layer

Question 20

Main function of the stomach

Answer 20

Storage of food
Breakdown of food into smaller pieces

Question 21

Parts of the SI

Answer 21

Duodenum
Jejenum
Ileum

Question 22

Shortest part of the SI

Answer 22

Duodenum

Question 23

C-shaped part of the SI

Answer 23

Duodenu

Question 24

Longest part of the SI

Answer 24

Ileum

Question 25

Main function of the SI

Answer 25

Most absorption and digestion happens

Question 26

Function of the LI

Answer 26

Completion of absorption and absorptin of water

Question 27

Four major regions of the large intestines

Answer 27

Cecum
Colon
Rectum
Anal canal

Question 28

Divisions of the colon

Answer 28

Ascending colon
Transverse
Descending
Sigmoid

Question 29

Function of the bile

Answer 29

Helps in breakdown of food

Question 30

Where is the bile produced?

Answer 30

Liver

Question 31

Where is the bile stored?

Answer 31

Gallbladder

Question 32

What forms the common bile duct?

Answer 32

Common hepatic duct and Cystic duct