Digestive System - workbook
The stomach is located lower and closer to midline in the _____ body habitus.
• Asthenic
In a hypersthenic patient, the gallbladder is situated high and well away from the midsagittal plane. True or False
• True
True or False. The pancreas and the liver secrete specialized digestive juices into the small intestine.
• True
True or False. The pancreas cannot be demonstrated using plain radiography.
• True
True or False. The spleen is an organ of the lymphatic system.
• True
The part of the large intestine that extends between the rectum and the anus is the ___.
• anal canal
The external opening at the terminal end of the anal canal is the ___
• anus
The part of the stomach immediately surrounding the esophageal opening is the ____
• cardia
Name the four parts of the stomach.
• cardia • fundus • body • pylorus / pyloric portion
The expanded part of the distal end of the esophagus is the
• cardiac antrum
The opening in to the stomach through which food and liquids pass is the
• cardiac orifice
The proximal art of the large intestine is the ___
• cecum
The vermiform appendix attaches to the large intestine at the ___
• cecum
The muscular contraction of hte gallbladder is activated by a hormone called ___
• cholecystokinin
The common hepatic duct unites with the cystic duct to form the ___
• common bile duct
The right and left hepatic ducts join to form the ___
• common hepatic duct
The part of the colon that extends inferiorly from the left colic flexure is the ___ colon.
• descending
The raiographically significant first segment of the proximal part of the small intestine is the ___
• duodenal bulb
The common bile and pancreatic ducts empty into the ___
• duodenum
The proximal part of the small intestine is the ___
• duodenum
The shortest part of the small intestine is the ___ the longest part is the ___.
• duodenum • ileum
The musculomembranous passage that extends from the pharynx to the stomach is the
• esophagus
True or False. The gallbladder is located posterior to the liver in the retroperitoneal space.
• false
The most superior part of the stomach is the ___
• fundus
The cystic duct enables bile from the liver to be stored in the ___
• gallbladder
The left and inferior borders of the stomach are the ____
• greater curvature
The stomach is located _____ and more _____ in the hypersthenic body habitus
• higher • transverse
The passage from the small intestine to the large intestine is the ___
• ileocecal valve
The small intestine terminates at the ___
• ileocecal valve
The distal part of the small intestine is the ___
• ileum
The three parts of the small intestine are the ____
• ileum • jejunum • duodenum
The middle part of the small intestine is the ___
• jejunum
Located between the transverse colon and the descending colon is the ___ flexure.
• left colic or splenic
The gallbladder is usually located on the inferior side of the right lobe of the ___
• liver
the largest organ in the abdominal cavity is the ___
• liver
The gland that produces insulin and glucagon is the ___
• pancreas
In 20% of subjects, before entering the duodenum, the common bile duct joins with the ___
• pancreatic duct
The most inferior part of the stomach is the ____ portion.
• pyloric
The opening between the stomach and the small intestine is the ___
• pyloric orifice
The lesser curvature extends from the esophagogastric junction to the ___
• pylorus
The sigmoid colon is located between the two parts to the large intestine known as the ___ and the ___.
• rectum • descending colon
The sigmoid colon terminates in the ___
• recutm
The border of the stomach with the lesser curvature is the ____ border.
• right / medial
Located between the ascending colon and the transverse colon is the ___ flexure.
• right colic or hepatic
The gastric folds of the stomach are the
• rugae
The organ in which gastric digestion begins is the
• stomach
The part of the colon that extends between the two flexures is the ___ colon.
• transverse
