Anatomy
Hard, bony prominences that assist the break down of food.
Teeth
Secreted in oral mucosa and responsible for breaking down carbohydrates into small sugars.
Salivary amylase
The process of food going into the GI tract.
Ingestion
The process by which visually looking at the contour of the abdomen, irregularities, or scars.
Inspection.
In the setting of infectious symptoms (fever, diarrhea, vomiting), the nurse may anticipate a _____may ordered to investigate bacterial sources.
What is a stool culture?
Flap that prevents food from traveling up the nose.
Uvula
Hydrochloric acid
The process of which when food is broken down in the GI tract.
Digestion
Auscultation.
A patient with bright red blood in the stool or mahoghany colored stool may have_____ performed to rule out bleeding.
Fecal occult sample.
Muscularis Externa
Secreted in the GI tract whose responsibility is to facilitate protein breakdown.
Pepsin.
The process of when nutrients are pulled into the system for storage and usage.
Absorption.
This is one of the last steps in GI nursing assessment by gently applying manual pressure in the four quartiles of the abdomen.
What is palpation?
A patient with reports of reflux and suspicion of a gastric ulcer may endure this following.
Endoscopy
Small pouch next to the liver that assists with storing and concentrating bile.
Gallbladder
A pancreatic enzyme that assists the breakdown of fat into fatty acids.
Lipase
The break down of food particles, facilitated by the teeth.
Mastication
Location and quality of ____during the nursing assessment may cue into the causation of the the____.
Pain
This surveillance happens after age 50 and requires a prep where the bowels are appropriately evacuated to look at the colon.
S-shaped part of the colon that holds fecal content prior to defecation.
Sigmoid colon
Trillions of bacteria that thrive in the gut and assist with metabolism and breakdown of food.
Probiotic/ Microbiome
This occurs when the parasympathetic neurons are activated in the spinal chord and assists with the elimination of stool.
Defecation reflex.
This part of the assessment entails inquiring of the patient's eating habits, variation of foods, and fluids and food choices.
What is nutrition?
Helicobacter pylori infections can be measured by a stool culture, however, another form of this test can assess it's presence.
Breath test