Stomach (Abdomen #5)

Question 1

what is the expanded part of the alimentary tract

Answer 1

the stomach

Question 2

what is the stomach between

Answer 2

the esophagus and the small intestine

Question 3

what is the shape of the stomach in most people

Answer 3

J

Question 4

what can vary in people in regards to the stomach

Answer 4

the position and the shape

Question 5

when the position and the shape of the stomach differs in the same person what is it due to

Answer 5

the diaphragmatic movements

Question 6

what is the size of an empty stomch

Answer 6

slightly larger then the large intestine

Question 7

how much food can the expanded stomach hold

Answer 7

2-3 L of food!!

Question 8

what is the substance called that represent the food that is slightly liquidy that is found in the stomach

Answer 8

food-chyme

Question 9

what is the size of a newborns stomach

Answer 9

a lemon

Question 10

how much milk can a newborn stomach hold

Answer 10

30 ml

Question 11

what does the stomach do to food

Answer 11

it mechanically prepares it for digestion and passage into the duodenum

Question 12

what acts as a food reservoir and a food blender

Answer 12

the stomach

Question 13

what is the chief function for enzymatic digestion

Answer 13

the stomach

Question 14

what converts food into a semiliquid mixture

Answer 14

gastric juices

Question 15

what passes fairly quickly into the duodenum

Answer 15

chyme

Question 16

what serves as the 1st type of protection of the body for food coming in

Answer 16

the stomach

Question 17

why is it that the stomach can protect from some bacteris

Answer 17

due to the high level of PH in the stomach

Question 18

what thing needs a higher ph level in their stomach because they eat everywhere

Answer 18

wild animals

Question 19

what are the four parts of the stomach

Answer 19

• cardia
• fundus
• body
• pyloric part

Question 20

what is the part of the stomach that surrounds the cardiac orrifice

Answer 20

cardia

Question 21

what is the superior dilated part of the stomach and is related to the left dome of the diaphragm

Answer 21

the fundus

Question 22

what level does the superior part of the fundus reach?

Answer 22

level of 5th intercostal space

Question 23

where is the cardial notch located

Answer 23

between the esophagus and the fundus

Question 24

if the fundus is dilated by gas, fluid, or food where can you feel pain and why

Answer 24

you can feel it in the heart because the fundus is directly under the central tendon of the diaphragm which will the push up and apply pressure to the heart

Question 25

what is known as the major part of the stomach and is between the fundus and the pyloric antrum

Answer 25

the body of the stomach

Question 26

what is the funnel shaped outflow region of the stomach

Answer 26

the pyloric part

Question 27

the wide part of the pyloric part

Answer 27

pyloric antrum

Question 28

narrow part of the pyloric part

Answer 28

pyloric canal

Question 29

what is the distal sphincter portion of the pyloric part

Answer 29

pylorus

Question 30

what does pylorus do

Answer 30

controls the discharge of the stomach contents through the pyloric orifice into the duodenum

Question 31

when does the stomach empty

Answer 31

when intragastric pressure overcomes the resistance of the pylorus

Question 32

what can be used to further mix, digest, and absorb food

Answer 32

the small intestine

Question 33

lesser curvature of the stomach

Answer 33

the shorter concave border of the stomach

Question 34

angular incisure (notch)

Answer 34

this is the sharp indentation that indicates the junction of the body of the stomach and the pyloric part of the stomach

Question 35

what forms the longer convex border of the stomach

Answer 35

the greater curvature

Question 36

what protects the stomach from its own acid

Answer 36

the mucous layer

Question 37

can you see the mucous layer in a cadaver

Answer 37

no only directly after birth

Question 38

where can you see the gastric folds the best

Answer 38

toward the pyloric part and along the greater curvature

Question 39

when do the gastric folds diminish

Answer 39

when the stomach fills

Question 40

what is the mucous layer thrown into when stomach contracts

Answer 40

the gastric folds

Question 41

what are the three layers in the stomach

Answer 41

- inercircular - outer longitudinal - oblique

Question 42

where are the gastric folds not as big

Answer 42

near the fundus

Question 43

where is the oblique layer deficent

Answer 43

near the lesser curvature

Question 44

during swallowing a gastric canal forms where

Answer 44

along the lesser curvature

Question 45

what forms (temporarily) because of the attachment of the gastric mucosa to the muscular layer which has no oblique layer

Answer 45

gastric canal

Question 46

if you have bacterial liquid in the stomach as opposed to bacterial solid in the stomach what has a higher chance of formning

Answer 46

an infection

Question 47

what is the stomach covered by

Answer 47

peritoneum

Question 48

where is the stomach not convered in peritoneum

Answer 48

where the blood vessels run along its curvatures

Question 49

the two layers of the lesser omentum extend around the stomach and leave its greater curvature as what

Answer 49

the greater omentum

Question 50

what is the stomach related to anteriorly?

Answer 50

- diaphragm - left lobe of liver - anterior abdominal wall

Question 51

what is the stomach related to posteriorly

Answer 51

the omental bursa

Question 52

what forms most of the anterior wall of the omental bursa?

Answer 52

the posterior surface of the stomach

Question 53

in what position does the stomach rest on the bed of the stomach

Answer 53

in the supine position

Question 54

the bed of the stomach is formed by what

Answer 54

the structures that form the posterior wall of the omental bursa

Question 55

tell me how the bed of the stomach is formed from superior to inferior

Answer 55

- left dome of diaphragm - spleen - left kidney and supradrenal gland - splenic artery - pancreas - transverse mesocolon and colon

Question 56

any fluid in the lesser sac will do what to the stomach

Answer 56

displace it forward

Question 57

pancreatic pseudo cyst can do what to the stomavch

Answer 57

shift it anteriorly (usually visible)

Question 58

what can happen in pancreatis

Answer 58

the posterior wall of the stomach can adhere to the part of the omental bursa that covers the pancreas

Question 59

hiatal hernia?

Answer 59

this is a protrusion of the part of the stomach into the mediatinum through esophageal hiatus

Question 60

hiatal hernia mostly occur in who

Answer 60

middle age people ( due to weakening of muscular part)

Question 61

which hernia is less common and involves only the fundus extending through the esophageal hiatus

Answer 61

paraesophageal hiatal hernia

Question 62

which hernia involves the part of the esophagus, the cardia, and the fundus, protruding through the esophageal hiatus

Answer 62

sliding hiatal hernia

Question 63

how many babies have congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Answer 63

1 in 2200

Question 64

what is the mortality rate for babes with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Answer 64

76%