Anatomy
What side of the body is the stomach on?
What is the left side
What are the automatic muscular contractions that push food through the GI tract called?
What is peristalsis
What pharmaceutical and dose is used for a gastric emptying study?
What is 1mCi of 99m-Tc Sulfur Colloid
What part of the body does digestion begin?
What is the mouth
What does the epiglottis do?
Covers the trachea during swallowing
What is one common indication for a hepatobilliary scan?
What is cholecystitis
Is there one bigfoot that travels interdimensionally, or multiple bigfeet families?
What is multiple bigfeet obviously
What are the three accessory organs in the GI tract?
What is the liver, the gallbladder, and the pancreas.
What is the function of the gallbladder?
Is cereal a soup? Explain
What is NO
What is the largest internal organ?
What is the liver
What makes the accessory organs different from the rest of the GI tract?
The accessory organs aid in digestion without the food actually passing through them.
What is the dose and pharmaceutical for a liver/spleen scintigraphy?
10mCi of 99mTc Sulfur Colloid
What do we do differently for whole-gut transit exams rather than a normal gastric emptying?
Add 111-In DTPA to the water
What is the second (middle) portion of the small intestine?
What is the Jejunum
What is the enzyme in saliva that breaks down starch?
What is amylase