Lower Digestive Tract

Question 1

name the superior and inferior curvatures of the stomach

Answer 1

superior-less curvature (its smaller)
inferior- greater curvature (its larger)

Question 2

Answer 2

cardiac part of the stomach

Question 3

Answer 3

Fundus

Question 4

area of the stomach between the fundus and the pyloric part

Answer 4

body of the stomach

Question 5

Answer 5

pyloris

Question 6

folds in mucosa of the stomach

Answer 6

rugae

Question 7

what is this structure and what is its role?

Answer 7

pyloric sphincter-
allows passage of food into the duodenum

Question 8

Answer 8

duodenum

Question 9

upper and lower part of the small intestine what are some distictive features of these two parts

Answer 9

jejunum-thick walled, greater vascularity, plicae circulares, few peyers patches

ilium- thin walled, less vascularity, rudimentary plicae circulares, many peyer’s patches

Question 10

Answer 10

cecum

Question 11

Name the structure that connects the ilium to the cecum

Answer 11

ileocecal junction

Question 12

what parts of the small intestines are immobile

Answer 12

duodenum

Question 13

list the order to large intestine

Answer 13

cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon,

Question 14

describe the taeniae coli and haustra of the colon

Answer 14

TC-smooth muscle that runs longituduinally with the colon
H-lumpy sections of the colon

Question 15

fatty appendages coming off the colon

Answer 15

epiglottic appendages

Question 16

identify the colic features (turns) and what organs they relate to

Answer 16

hepatic-kidney
splenic-spleen

Question 17

what is the meaning of the term sigmoid

Answer 17

”s” shaped

Question 18

sphincters of the anus

Answer 18

internal anal sphincter- surface of the anus
external anal sphincter-tissue around the anus

Question 19

superior and inferior surface of the liver

Answer 19

superior-diaphragmatic
inferior- visceral

Question 20

lobes of the liver
describe their positioning

Answer 20

Question 21

ligaments of the liver

Answer 21

falciform ligament- between the right and left lobes
round ligament- below the falciform, looks like a little string coming off
coronary ligament-superior transverse, runs along the top of the left and right lobes

Question 22

hepatic ducts

Answer 22

common from gallbladder, branches into the left and right ducts which enter the left and right lobes of the liver

Question 23

cystic duct

Answer 23

connects the gallbladder to the common bile duct

Question 24

common bile duct

Answer 24

opens to the duodenum

Question 26

what is the porta hepatis and what does it do

Answer 26

fissure on the posterior surface of the liver in which major hepatic vessels enter the liver

Question 27

name the three parts of the pancreas

Answer 27

head, body, tail

Question 28

what is the role of the pancreatic duct

Answer 28

carries digestive enzymes produced in the exocrine pancreas into the common bile duct to aide digestion