Medical Terminology II

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Medical Terminology II

• Chapter 5 Review Game
• Digestive System

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Oral Cavity

• The oral cavity is known as?
• Answer buccal cavity
• These two structures hold food within the mouth?
• Answer lips and cheeks
• This structure forms the anterior, superior
  portion of the mouth which has rugae (ridges)?
• Answer hard palate
• Behind the hard palate is the muscular soft
  palate which terminates in this hanging
  projection?
• Answer uvula
• This very strong appendage aids in chewing,
  taste, and swallowing?
• Answer Tongue

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Salivary Glands

• Located under the tongue, in the cheeks, and
  palates, these three glands secrete saliva?
• Answer parotids, submandibulars, and sublinguals
• Comprised mostly of water, saliva also contains
  these two enzymes to assist digestion of food?
• Answer amylase (for carbohydrates) and lipase
  (for digestion of fats)

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Also.

• This structure, meets the oral cavity to carry
  food away from the mouth?
• Answer Pharynx
• This structure receives food from the pharynx and
  propels it into the stomach?
• Answer Esophagus
• This muscular ring contracts in a peristalsic
  motion moving food along?
• Answer cardiac sphincter

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Stomach

• The stomach is in this quadrant of the abdomen?
• Answer upper left
• This upper, rounded portion of the stomach
  extends above the esophagus ?
• Answer fundus
• The main section of the stomach is the?
• Answer body
• The lower portion of the stomach is called the
  _____ and regulates the passage of food out of
  the stomach?
• Answer pyloris
• The stomach muscles contract to churn food and
  acid secreted from the stomach walls, the
  resulting mixture is called?
• Answer chyme

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Small Intestine

• After the pyloris, chyme enters the small
  intestine through this foot-long structure?
• Answer duodenum
• After further digestion, chyme enters this 8
  organ ?
• Answer jejunem
• The final, 12 long portion of small bowel is
  called?
• Answer ileum
• The small intestine completes digestion and
  absorbs?
• Answer nutrients

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Large Intestine

• After digestion, waste enters this portion of the
  large bowel?
• Answer cecum
• A backflow valve called the _____ is located
  here?
• Answer ileocecal sphincter
• After the cecum the waste enters this structure?
• Answer colon
• The colon is divided into these 5 regions?
• Answer ascending, transverse, descending,
  sigmoid, rectum
• On each end are these two structures?
• Answer cecum, anus

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Liver

• The only true digestive function of the liver is?
• Answer production of bile for emulsifying fat
• Additionally the liver makes plasma proteins and
  metabolizes these?
• Answer amino acids, carbohydrates, fats
• The liver also makes this fatty substance?
• Answer cholesterol
• Additionally, the liver eats up old RBCs,
  detoxifies the body, and provides storage for
  these?
• Vitamins and Minerals

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Gallbladder and Pancreas

• The gallbladder, located under the liver, works
  with the liver to transport bile to this organ?
• Answer duodenum
• The pancreas, located behind the duodenum,
  manufactures enzymes to break down proteins,
  carbs, and sodium bicarbonate to neutralize this?
• Answer stomach acid
• The pancreas also manufactures this substance
  which allows glucose conversion in the body?
• Answer insulin

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Pathology

• An abnormal passage in the skin surface near the
  anus?
• Answer anal fistula
• A liver disease which is chronic and injures
  liver function?
• Answer Cirrhosis
• A chronic digestive tract inflammation causing
  anorexia, fever, cramping, diarrhea?
• Answer Crohns disease
• Inflammation of the outpouchings or herniations
  in the layers of intestine?
• Answer diverticulitis