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How long is the large intestine

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1.5 m

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What is the main job of the large intestine

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absorb water, and turn liquid contents into semisolid feces

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What are the parts of the large intestine

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Cecum
Appendix
Colon
Rectum + anal canal

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What is the blind pouch found below the ileocecal junction

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Cecum

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5
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What folds fuse together to prevent pack flow into the intestines

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Ileal fold

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What is the narrow muscular tube that contains lymphoid tissue

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Appendix

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what is the common position of the appendix

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most: retrocecal

Second most: pelvic

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are the cecum and appendix retroperitoneal or intra peritoneal

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Intra peritoneal

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What is it called when the appendix is inflamed

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Appendicitis

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What is the most common intro-abdominal inflammatory condition

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Appendicitis

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What might appendicitis cause if it is untreated

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pertonitis

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What can cause appendicitis

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Lymphoid hyperplasia

Fecal impaction

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What are the 4 parts of the colon

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Ascending colon
Transverse colon
Descending colon
Sigmoid colon

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What is that flexure that the ascending colon and transverse colon meet

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Hepatic/right colic flexure

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What is the flexure that the transverse colon and the descending colon meet

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Splenic/left colic flexure

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Which colic flexure is the highest

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left colic flexure

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What parts of the colon are retroperitoneal

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Ascending and descending colon

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What parts of the colon are intraperitoneal

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Transverse and sigmoid colon

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What are the narrow longitudinal bands of muscle along the colon

20
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What are the outpouchings of the colon

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Haustra of Colon

21
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What are the small masses of fat that extend from the colon

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Omental appendices

22
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What is the teminal portion of the large intestine

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Rectum and anal canal

23
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What are herniations of mucosa of the colon throught the muscular laryer that are not inflammed

24
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What happens when the Diverticuli become inflammed

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Diverticulosis

Abdominal pain, Diarrhea

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What is Diverticulosis related to
Low fiber diet | age (over 40)
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What part of the large intestine is the most common site for diverticulosis
Sigmoid colon
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What pre-disposes someone to diverticulosis
Chronic constapation
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What is ulcerative colitis
Severe inflammation and ulceration of the rectum and lower colon
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What layer of the rectum and lower colon does ulcerative colitis occur
Mucosa
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What does ulcerative colitis cause (other than inflammation)
Abdominal pain + Diarrhea
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What may occur in ulcerative colitis
Bowl perferation
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What condition is associated with abdominal pain, diarrhea with no inflammation
Irritable bowel syndrome
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What happens in IBS
abnormal muscular contractions of colon
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What are the major arteries that supply the large intestine
Superior Mesenteric Artery Inferior Mesenteric artery Marginal artery Vasa Recta
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What artery supplies the right 2/3 of the transverse colon
Superior mesenteric Artery
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What artery supplies the left 1/3 of the transverse colon
Inferior mesenteric artery
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What artery is an anastomotic channel for the superior and inferior mesenteric artery
Marginal artery
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What are the branches of the marginal artery that go to the large intestines
Vasa Recta
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What are the branches of the superior mesenteric artery
``` Inferior Pancreaticoduodenal artery Jejunal and ileal arteries ileocolic artery right colic artery middle colic artery ```
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What does the right colic artery branch of the superior mesenteric artery supply
Ascending colon
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What does the middle colic artery branch of the superior mesenteric artery supply
Transverse colon
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What are the branches of the inferior mesenteric artery
Left colic artery sigmoid artery superior rectal artery
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What branch of the inferior mesenteric artery supplies the descending colon
Left colic artery
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What innervates the cecum through the right 2/3 of the transverse colon
Superior mesenteric plexus
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What innervates the left 1/3 of the transverse colon to the upper part of the anal canal
Inferior mesenteric plexus | Hypogastric plexus
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Diarrhea, constapation and other colon problems may be related to a subluxation at what region
Lower T Upper L Sacrum

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