The Digestive System

Question 1

Includes the gastrointestinal tract and accessory organs. Functions include absorption digestion and elimination. Regulated by complex series of hormonal neural and local control systems

Answer 1

Digestive system

Question 2

Includes the root hard plate soft plate and uvula and the floor-tongue, muscles taste buds and frenulum

Answer 2

Mouth

Question 3

Adults have how many permanent teeth

Answer 3

32

Question 4

Parotid, sublingual, and submandibular glands produce saliva

Answer 4

Salivary glands

Question 5

Muscular tube that passes air food and water

Answer 5

Pharynx

Question 6

Muscular tube that carries food and water to the stomach

Answer 6

Esophagus

Question 7

Digestive organ that contains the fundus (upper region), body (middle region), and antrum (lower region)

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Stomach

Question 8

Slender long coiled tubular organ that contains the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum

Answer 8

Small intestine

Question 9

60 inch muscular organ that includes the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending, and sigmoid colon

Answer 9

Large intestine

Question 10

Organ that produces bile and breaks down waste

Answer 10

Liver

Question 11

Small organ that stores bile

Answer 11

Gallbladder

Question 12

Produces enzymes for digestion

Answer 12

Pancreas

Question 13

Serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity

Answer 13

Peritoneum

Question 14

Surgical connection of two body structures

Answer 14

Anastomosis

Question 15

Surgical removal of the gallbladder

Answer 15

Cholecystectomy

Question 16

Fiberscopic examination of the colon

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Colonoscopy

Question 17

Opening between colon and abdominal wall

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Colostomy

Question 18

Protrusion in the wall of the colon

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Diverticulum

Question 19

Trouble swallowing

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Dysphagia

Question 20

Condition where an organ is turned inside out

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Exatrophy

Question 21

Artificial opening between the stomach and abdominal wall

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Gastrostomy

Question 22

Tissue or organ protruding through a cavity or the abdominal wall

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Hernia

Question 23

Exploratory procedure of the abdominal cavity using a small scope

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Laparoscopy

Question 24

Procedure done to crush a kidney stone with sound waves

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Lithotripsy

Question 25

Procedure to examine the sigmoid colon and rectum with a small scope

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Proctosigmoidoscopy

Question 26

Varices

Answer 26

Varicose veins

Question 27

Ulceration

Answer 27

Canker sore

Question 28

Gerd

Answer 28

Condition where lower esophageal sphincter doesn’t properly constrict, causes heart burn chest discomfort and sour water reflux

Question 29

Haital hernia

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Diagphragmatic hernia

Question 30

Pyloric stenosis

Answer 30

Infintile condition caused by narrowing if pyloric sphincter

Question 31

Inflammation of the veriform appendix that projects from the cecum caused abdominal pain and fever

Answer 31

Appendicitis

Question 32

Inflammation of the diverticula in the colon

Answer 32

Diverticulitis

Question 33

Severe liver damage

Answer 33

Cirrhosis