Small & Large Bowel

Question 1

small bowel and large bowel can also be called what? * we can replace bowel with what word?

Answer 1

small and large intestines

Question 2

what is function of small bowel?

Answer 2

break down food and absorb nutrients

Question 3

the small bowel is about how long? *hint - it is measured in feet

Answer 3

about 20 feet long

Question 4

what is the longest part of the GI tract?

Answer 4

the SMALL bowel

Question 5

what are the 3 major sections of the small bowel?

Answer 5

1. duodenum
2. jejunum
3. ileum

Question 6

what part of small bowel occurs right after stomach/attaches to stomach?

Answer 6

the duodenum

Question 7

label the missing parts -

Answer 7

Question 8

what is the last part of small intestine?

Answer 8

ileum

Question 9

which part of small intestine do the pancreas and bile ducts connect to?

Answer 9

duodenum

Question 10

via what, do the pancreas and bile ducts connect to the duodenum? *hint - darth Vader

Answer 10

Ampulla of Vater

Question 11

what is the shortest part of the small intestine? what is longest section?

Answer 11

the duodenum = shortest
the ileum = longest

Question 12

the _____ part of the small intestine wraps around the pancreas, creating a C shape

Answer 12

duodenum

Question 13

the duodenum creates what shape?
star, circle, C, or Z

Answer 13

C shape

Question 14

the _____ makes up the middle part of the small intestine

Answer 14

jejunum

Question 15

what part of small intestine connects the colon and large bowel to the small bowel/intestine?

Answer 15

ileum - the last part of small intestine

Question 16

what are the 4 layers of the wall of the small intestine/bowel *note: they’re the same as large intestine/bowel…? -

inner to outer
*hint - similar to esophagus and stomach

Answer 16

innermost = mucosa, then submucosa, muscular, and outermost = serosa

Question 17

there are also _____, which are finger-like projections that extend into the lumen of the small intestine that also help absorb nutrients

Answer 17

villi

Question 18

what is the most common pathology of small bowel/intestine cancers?

Answer 18

adenocarcinoma

Question 19

what lymph nodes does small bowel spread to most commonly (2)

Answer 19

mesenteric and celiac

Question 20

where does small bowel met to?

Answer 20

liver

Question 21

what part of small bowel - duodenum, jejunum, ileum - are tumors most common in?

Answer 21

duodenum

Question 22

the colon and rectum are part of the ___large/small___ bowel

Answer 22

large

Question 23

T/F: the large bowel contains the rectum

Answer 23

true

Question 24

T/F: the large bowel contains the colon

Answer 24

true

Question 25

good anatomy practice - label the following diagram WORD BANK --> sigmoid colon, transverse colon, descending colon, ascending colon, rectum, anus, appendix, cecum, gallbladder, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus

Answer 25

Question 26

what are the 4 major parts of the colon?

Answer 26

ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon

Question 27

colon is used interchangeably for __small/large___ bowel -

Answer 27

large bowel

Question 28

the colon is how long? *hint measured in feet, shorter than small intestine

Answer 28

about 5 feet

Question 29

how are the parts of the colon named?

Answer 29

how food passes through them

Question 30

at what point, does the transverse colon turn into the descending colon?

Answer 30

at the splenic flexure

Question 31

where does the ascending colon turn into the transverse colon?

Answer 31

hepatic flexure

Question 32

what part of colon is located on right side of body? left side of body? across the body?

Answer 32

RT = ascending colon ACROSS = transverse colon LT = descending colon

Question 33

what shape is sigmoid colon in? star, S, C or T

Answer 33

S shape

Question 34

what part of large bowel connects to rectum?

Answer 34

sigmoid colon

Question 35

the ___ is connected to the anus

Answer 35

rectum

Question 36

what body part is the last 6 inches of the digestive tract?

Answer 36

rectum

Question 37

is the anus a part of the digestive tract? YES or NO

Answer 37

NO, rectum is though

Question 38

the ring shaped muscles that surround the anus are called what?

Answer 38

Sphincter

Question 39

the Sphincter controls _______ movements

Answer 39

bowel

Question 40

polyps are risk factor of large or small bowel -

Answer 40

large bowel

Question 41

Anal cancers have what pathology? adenocarcinoma or squamous

Answer 41

squamous !!!!!!! note - it's different than large bowel... anus is not part of large bowel

Question 42

large bowel has what pathology? - adenocarcinoma or squamous

Answer 42

adenocarcinoma

Question 43

large bowel spreads and mets spreads to where?

Answer 43

mainly direct extension spread 1st, then if it mets it will go to Liver

Question 44

T/F: the following are lymphatics associated with cancer of Large Bowel

Answer 44

true

Question 45

_______ are growths on the inner lining of the colon and rectum. That have the potential to change into cancer

Answer 45

polyps

Question 46

what are the most common types of polyps to turn into cancer?

Answer 46

adenomatous polyps; "adenomas"

Question 47

what lymph nodes does the RT colon drain into?

Answer 47

ileocecal and RT colic nodes

Question 48

what lymph nodes does the LT colon drain into?

Answer 48

midcolic, inferior mesenteric, and LT colic nodes

Question 49

what lymph nodes does the sigmoid colon drain into mainly?

Answer 49

inferior mesenteric nodes

Question 50

what lymph nodes does the middle and lower rectum drain into?

Answer 50

internal iliac nodes

Question 51

what lymph nodes does the lower rectal and anal canal drain into?

Answer 51

inguinal nodes