The Stomach

Question 1

three functions of the stomach

Answer 1

**storage of ingested food
**mechanical and chemical breakdown of food
**production of intrinsic factor for Vitamin B12 absorption in small intestine

Question 2

food leaves stomach in semi-liquid form called

Answer 2

chyme

Question 3

two types of stomach anatomy

Answer 3

monogastric
ruminant

Question 4

simple, single stomach

Answer 4

monogastric

Question 5

three species with monogastric stomach

Answer 5

dogs
cats
horses

Question 6

species with ruminant stomachs

Answer 6

cows
goats
sheep
camelids

Question 7

complex stomach consisting of 4 chambers

Answer 7

ruminant

Question 8

the monogastric stomach is ____ shaped and is located just behind _____

Answer 8

C shaped
diaphragm

Question 9

the luminal surface of the monogastric stomach can either be ______ or ______

Answer 9

glandular or nonglandular

Question 10

four parts of the glandular portion of the stomach

Answer 10

cardia
fundus
body
pylorus

Question 11

1

Answer 11

Fundus

Question 12

2

Answer 12

Body

Question 13

3

Answer 13

Pylorus

Question 14

4

Answer 14

Cardia

Question 15

part of the stomach where the esophagus enters

Answer 15

cardia (named because of close proximity to heart)

Question 16

expanded, dome shaped, blind ended sac, adjacent to the cardia

Answer 16

Fundus

Question 17

largest section of the stomach

Answer 17

body

Question 18

distal part of the stomach

Answer 18

pylorus

Question 19

how is the equine stomach divided

Answer 19

proximal non glandular region
aboral (furthest from the mouth) glandular region

Question 20

what structure divides the two sections of the equine stomach

Answer 20

Margo plicatus

Question 21

transient folds in gastric mucosa

Answer 21

rugae

Question 22

the rugae allows the stomach to do what when its filled with food

Answer 22

expand

Question 23

what does the rugae increase

Answer 23

surface area for absorption

Question 24

Answer 24

rugae

Question 25

the openings of ducts that are lined by glandular cells

Answer 25

gastric pits

Question 26

three types of glandular cells in gastric pits

Answer 26

mucous neck cells
parietal cells
chief cells

Question 27

gastric pit cells that produce hydrochloric acid (HCl)

Answer 27

parietal cells

Question 28

gastric pit cells that secrete a thinner mucous

Answer 28

mucus neck cells

Question 29

gastric pit cells that secrete pepsinogen

Answer 29

chief cells

Question 30

a proteolytic enzyme that is essential in the digestive process

Answer 30

pepsin

Question 31

pepsin begins the chemical digestions of what

Answer 31

proteins

Question 32

pepsin is activated where

Answer 32

in the fundus

Question 33

pepsinogen is converted to pepsin in the presence of what

Answer 33

hydrochloric acid (HCl)

Question 34

last glandular portion of the stomach

Answer 34

pyloric gland region

Question 35

three regions of the pyloric gland region

Answer 35

pyloric antrum
pyloric canal
pylorus

Question 36

the pylorus opens into duodenum through what

Answer 36

pyloric sphincter

Question 37

two cells found in the pyloric region

Answer 37

mucous-secreting cells
gastrin secreting cells (G cells)