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Alimentary Canal
Accessories
Abdominial Pain?
This and That
100
The other term for gastrointestinal tract.
What is the alimentary canal?
100
Blocks food from going into the lungs and directs it into the espophagus.
What is the epiglottis?
100
Extends from the inferior end of the large intesines cecum.
What is the appendix?
100
Lower right quadrant pain, eases with pressure.
What is appendicitis?
100
Medical term for "heart burn"
What is gastroesophageal reflux?
200
The process of breaking down complex food into simple nutrients the body can absorb and convert to energy
What is digestion?
200
The valve that prevents food and acid from going back into espophagus.
What is the cardiac sphincter?
200
Produces bile that breaks down fat (lipids).
What is the liver?
200
Pain and nausea occurs 30 min. to 1 hour after eating a fatty meal.
What is cholelithiasis?
200
EGD
What is esophogogastroduodenoscopy?
300
Aids in the mechanical breakdown of food in the mouth.
What is the teeth?
300
Multiple folds in the stomach which help it expand.
What is rugaie?
300
Small green organ located on the inferior side of the liver.
What is the gallbladder?
300
Abdominal cramping, bloody diarrhea, can occur anywhere in intestinal tract.
What is ulcerative colitis?
300
Rebound abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, fever, elevated white blood count.
What is appendicitis?
400
Enzymes in the mouth that aid in chemical breakdown of food.
What is amylase or ptyalin present in the saliva?
400
The sphincter between the stomach and the small intestine.
What is the pyloric sphincter?
400
Refered to as the "accessory organs"
What is the Liver, Pancreas, and gallbladder?
400
Abdominal distention, absent bowel tones, vomiting chyme.
What is small bowel obstruction?
400
Five causes of gastroenteritis?
What is Salmonella, h. pylori, smoking, lactose allergy, spicy foods, alcohol, medications, fast foods
500
The autonamic nervous system controls the muscles of the digestive tract causing....
What is Peristalsis?
500
Three sections of the small intestine:
What is the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum?
500
Produces insulin that help metabolize foods into glucogon.
What is the Pancreas?
500
Pain under right ribcage, high fever, nausea, diarrhea, contracted by contaminated food from fecal matter.
What is Hepatitis A?