Small Intestine

Question 1

Small intestine sections

Answer 1

Duodenum
Jejunum
Ilium

Question 2

Food passed to duodenum called…

Answer 2

Chyme

Question 3

Glands in duodenum

Answer 3

Brunner’s glands - alkaline to counter acid

Question 4

Sphincter in duodenum

Answer 4

Sphincter of Oddi - bile (fat breakdown) and pancreatic juices (enzymes for for protein break down)

(Major duodenal papilla)
Also lower down one sometimes for pancreas also called miner ^

Question 5

First small intestine junction

Answer 5

Dudenojejunal junction

Question 6

Duodenum primary function

Answer 6

Digestion

Question 7

Second section of small intestine fuction

Answer 7

Digestion and absorption

Question 8

How is food absorbed from jejunum

Answer 8

Must pass enzyme chemical barrier ‘brush border’

Question 9

Ilium function

Answer 9

Absorptive

Question 10

Junction between small intestine and large

Answer 10

Iliocaecal junction

Question 11

What compartment are the jejunum and ilium within

Answer 11

Infracolic compartment

Question 12

Name given to small intestine for being partially beyond peritoneum

Answer 12

Partially retroperitoneal