Study Guide Large Intestine Flashcards
The large intestine begins in what region?
right iliac
The large intestine has how many parts?
4
What are the 4 parts of the large intestine?
cecum, colon, rectum, anal canal
How long is the large intestine?
5 ft
How many layers does the large intestine have?
4
What is the external band of longitudinal muscle that forms into 3 thickened bands?
taeniae coli
One band is positioned ____ and two are positioned_____.
anteriorly, posteriorly
Taeniae Coli bands create a pulling muscle tone that creates pouches called?
haustra
The main functions of large intestine are?
reabsorption of fluids and elimination of waste products
What is a pouchlike portion of the large intestine that is below the ileum and colon?
Cecum
What is attached to the posteromedial side of the cecum and is a wormlike narrow tube?
vermiform appendix
What is below the junction of the ascending colon and cecum?
ileocecal valve
The colon is subdivided into what sections?
ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid
What passes superiorly from its junction with the cecum to the undersurface of the liver and joins the transverse colon?
ascending colon
What is the most movable, the longest portion of the colon?
transverse
The ascending colon makes a right angle forming the?
right colic flexure
The transverse colon makes a sharp curve forming the?
left colic flexure
What part of the colon passes inferiorly and medially to its junction with the sigmoid portion?
descending colon
What forms a S-shaped loop and ends in the rectum?
sigmoid
The sigmoid ends at what level in the rectum?
3rd sacral segment
What extends from the sigmoid colon to the anal canal?
Rectum
What terminates at the anus?
anal canal
What is above the anal canal and is a dilatation?
rectal ampulla
How many curves do the rectum and anal canal have?
2 AP curves
In _____ patients large intestine is positioned around the periphery of the abdomen and may require more images to show entire length.
hypersthenic
In _____ patients the large intestine is bunched together and positioned low in the abdomen.
asthenic
What is the largest, irregularly wedge shape gland in the body?
liver
The deepest point of the liver is?
inferior aspect above the right kidney
The diaphragmatic surface of the liver is?
convex
The visceral surface of the liver is?
concave
What divides the liver into the right and left lobe?
falciform ligament
The posterior surface of the liver is?
caudate lobe
The inferior surface of the liver is?
quadrate lobe
The hilum of the liver is called?
porta hepatis
What conveys blood to the liver?
portal vein and hepatic artery
Where does the portal vein end in?
sinusoids
Where does the hepatic artery end in?
capillaries
Where does the liver receive blood from?
portal system
The blood circulating through these organs are rich in?
nutrients
The hepatic veins convey blood from the?
liver sinusoids
What are the functions of the liver?
formation of bile, elimination for waste products of RBC, emulsification of fats
The two main hepatic ducts emerge to form?
common hepatic duct
The common hepatic duct and cystic duct form?
Common bile duct
The common bile duct and the pancreatic duct form?
hepatopancreatic ampulla
The distal end of the common bile duct is controlled by?
Choledochal sphincter
The hepatopancreatic ampulla is controlled by?
sphincter of the hepatopancreatic ampulla
The gallbladder stores bile during?
interdigestive periods
The gallbladder evacuates bile during?
digestion
The hepatopancreatic ampulla opens on an elevation known as?
major duodenal papilla
What is a thin walled, pear shaped sac?
gallbladder
What is the capacity of the gallbladder?
2oz
The gallbladder concentrates bile through?
absorption of water content
The muscular contraction of the gallbladder is activated by a hormone called?
cholecystokinin
What does the gallbladder consist of?
narrow neck, body and fundus
In ____ patients the gallbladder is high and well away from the midline in?
hypersthenic
In _____ patients the gallbladder is low and near the spine in?
asthenic
What is an elongated gland situated across the posterior abdominal wall?
Pancreas
The pancreas consists of?
head, heck, body and tail
What portion is the broadest?
head
What kind of gland is the pancreas?
exocrine, endocrine
The exocrine portion of the pancreas produces?
pancreatic juices
The endocrine portion of the pancreas consist of?
islet cells
The pancreas produces the hormone ____ and ____?
insulin and glucagon
The digestive juices secreted by exocrine cells are conveyed into what duct?
pancreatic
Insulin and glucagon are responsible for?
glucose metabolism
The pancreatic duct and the common bile duct form?
hepatopancreatic ampulla
The spleen belongs to what system?
lymphatic
What is a ductless organ that produces lymphocytes and stores/removes dead RBC?
spleen