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GI
GI
Renal
100
peristalsis
What are alternating contractions and relaxation of smooth muscles that send food through the digestive tract?
100
Where nutrients are absorbed?
What the small intestine?
100
Dysuria
What is painful urination?
200
The best postion for patient to be in when administering an enema.
What is left Sim's position?
200
Where water is reabsorbed?
What is the large intestine?
200
Ureters
What are the tubes carrying urine from the kidneys to the bladder?
300
Digestion
What is the breakdown of food into usable forms?
300
Processing and storage of food, absorption of nutrients, reabsorbtion of water and elimination.
What are the functions of the digestive system?
300
Urethra
What is the tube carrying urine from the bladder to outside of the body?
400
Mastication
What is chewing of food?
400
Dysphagia
What is painful or difficult swallowing?
400
Amount of urine excreted by an adult each day.
What is 1,000 to 1,500 mls per day?
500
Where gastric cells are found.
What is the stomach?
500
Feces
What is formed solid waste?
500
Filters waste, regulates blood pressure, maintains fluid and electrolyte balance and assist in maintaining homeostasis.
What are functions of the kidneys?