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Mouth, esophagus, stomach and duodenum
What are the components of the upper GI tract
The parts of the colon from proximal to distal
What are the cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon
Segments of the small intestine proximal to distal
What are the duodenum, jejunum, ileum
Test used to look in the upper GI tract
What is endoscopy
What is the difference between the large intestine and colon?
What is nothing! These are synonymous.
The junction of squamous esophageal mucosa and columnar gastric mucosa
What is the Z line.
This part of the colon is where the appendix attaches
What is the cecum
Where small intestine attaches to the cecum
What is terminal ileum
Test to look in the lower GI tract
What is a colonoscopy
What is longer, the large or small intestine?
What is the small intestine! It is the longest segment of the GI tract, but called small intestine because of it's caliber. Most narrow section.
Structure that suspends the duodenojejunal flexure, marking the separation between the upper and lower GI tracts
What is Ligament of Trietz
Haustra
What are sac like pouches in the colon formed by contraction of the tenia coli
Major function of small intestine
What is absorption of nutrients and water
Test used to look in the small intestine
What is enteroscopy
Where pancreatic enzymes and bile drain into the intestinal tract through the ampulla of Vater
What is the duodenum
These 2 vessels form the major blood supply to the colon
What are the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries
These structures increase the surface area of the small intestine
What are villi and microvilli
Test used to look in biliary tree via the enteric system
What is ERCP
Vein that carries blood away from the esophagus and stomach
These are the main functions of the colon
What are absorbing water and electrolytes, maintaining the microbiome, forming and propelling feces
The movement that propels material through the small intestine (also the large intestine!)
What is propulsion
Test that utilizes ultrasound while in the enteric system
Endoscopic Ultrasound