EXTRAS (CHAP 26)

Question 1

Main function of liver?

Answer 1

PRODUCES BILE

Question 2

What are the three structures within a portal triad (liver)?

Answer 2

HEPATIC DUCT, BILE DUCTULE, & BRANCH OF HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN & ARTERY

Question 3

Main function of gallbladder?

Answer 3

STORES, CONCENTRATES, & RELEASES BILE.

Question 4

Exocrine function of the pancreas.

Answer 4

PRODUCES PANCREATIC JUICES TO HELP W/CHEMICAL DIGESTION

Question 5

Large intestine absorbs primarily what?

Answer 5

WATER & ELECTROLYTES

Question 6

Segments of large intestine?

Answer 6

cecum, colon, & rectum

Question 7

CECUM:

Answer 7

POUCH-LIKE; EXTENDS FROM ILEOCECAL VALVE

Question 8

COLON:

Answer 8

ASCENDING COLON (STARTS AT ILEOCECAL VALVE; ENDS AT R. COLIC FLEXURE); TRANSVERSE COLON (STARTS A R. COLIC FLEXURE; ENDS AT L. COLIC FLEXURE); DESCENDING COLON (STARTS AT L. COLIC FLEXURE; ENDS AT SIGMOID FLEXURE); SIGMOID COLON (STARTS AT SIGMOID FLEXURE; ENDS AT RECTUM)

Question 9

RECTUM:

Answer 9

STORES FECAL MATTER PRIOR TO DEFECATION; LEADS TO ANAL CANAL

Question 10

Which anal sphincter is under voluntary control? Involuntary control?

Answer 10

INVOLUNTARY: INTERNAL. VOLUNTARY: EXTERNAL