Week 10 - Digestive tract

Question 1

Enter

Answer 1

Small Intestine (enteric coated)

Question 2

Gastr

Answer 2

Stomach

Question 3

Odont, dent

Answer 3

Tooth

Question 4

Hepat

Answer 4

Liver

Question 5

Col

Answer 5

Large Intestine

Question 6

Lingu

Answer 6

Tongue (sublingual)

Question 7

Chol

Answer 7

Bile, gall (gallbladder, cholecystectomy)

Question 8

Emesis

Answer 8

VOmit

Question 9

Po

Answer 9

By mouth (per os)

Question 10

Pr

Answer 10

By rectum

Question 11

What are some relevant nursing actions related to the digestive tract?

Answer 11

• Oral hygiene (e.g. teeth & dentures)
• Oral medication administration
• Blood glucose measurement
• Insertion and care of nasogastric tube
• Care of PEG tube

Question 12

List 3 locations where food is mechanically broken down and what the mechanical process is called?

Answer 12

1. Oral Cavity (Mastication)
2. Stomach (Churning)
3. Small Intestine (Segmentation)

Question 13

What do you observe when the matrix is both mechanically and chemically digested?

Answer 13

Only liquid when mechanically and chemically digested.

Question 14

What do you observe when the matrix is only mechanically treated?

Answer 14

Solid

Question 15

List from proximal to distal the three regions of the small intestine

Answer 15

1. Duodenum
2. Jejunum
3. Ileum

Question 16

What separates nasal cavity from oral cavity?

Answer 16

Palate

Question 16

List 4 locations in the human body that digestive enzymes are produced

Answer 16

1. Oral Cavity
2. Stomach
3. Pancreas
4. Jejunum (microvilli brush border)

Question 17

What organ does protein digestion begin?

Answer 17

Stomach

Question 18

What controls entry of stomach contents into duodenum?

Answer 18

Pyloric Sphincter

Question 19

What is the storage site for bile called?

Answer 19

Gallbladder

Question 19

What is the main source of digestive enzymes?

Answer 19

Pancreas

Question 20

What is the finger-like projections of jejunum mucosa called?

Answer 20

Villi

Question 20

What receives pancreatic juice and bile?

Answer 20

Duodenum

Question 21

What is the major organ responsible for absorption of nutrients?

Answer 21

Jejunum

Question 22

What is the lymphatic tissue in the small intestine called?

Answer 22

Peyer's Patches

Question 23

Where is the final water absorption and faeces formation?

Answer 23

Colon

Question 24

What is the blind sac hanging from initial part of colon?

Answer 24

Appendix

Question 25

What delivers absorbed nutrients from the intestines to the liver?

Answer 25

Hepatic Portal Vein

Question 26

A medication that is administered via the mouth is usually designed to be absorbed into the body (via blood or lymph) through which organ?

Answer 26

Jejunum

Question 27

List the structural features of Jejunum that make it optimal site for nutrient and medication absorption

Answer 27

1. Vascular 2. Muscular 3. Large surface area

Question 28

What factors could influence the movement of a medication from the stomach to the jejunum?

Answer 28

1. Food in stomach such as the type of food. 2. Other medications 3. Diarrhoea and constipation

Question 29

List some roles of the microbiota in your colon

Answer 29

1. Helps digest food 2. Produces vitamins 3. Produces ATP, hormones, neurotransmitters ans anti-inflammatory chemicals 4. Immunity

Question 30

Identify the option that contains all whole plants

Answer 30

- Turmeric - Walnut halves - Broccoli - Cinnamon - Sesame seeds - Barley - Legumes - Apple

Question 31

Identify the least processed form of oats

Answer 31

Steel-cut (coarsely chopped whole grains)

Question 32

What food includes all legumes (pulses when dried)

Answer 32

- Kidney beans - Chickpeas - Soy products - Peanuts - Lentils

Question 33

Identify the choice of fruit that lacks dietary fibre, contains a high amount of fructose and causes dental erosion (acidity)

Answer 33

Orange juice

Question 34

What is the recommended carbohydrate to fibre ratio?

Answer 34

5 to 1