FREE MEDICAL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT DIGESTIVE

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FREE MEDICAL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT DIGESTIVE

SYSTEM EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -70 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: abdominocentesis

Answer:

aka paracentesis - surgical puncture or trocar into abdominal cavity to remove excess fluid

Question 2: three pairs of salivary glands

Answer:

parotids, submandibulars, sublinguals

Question 3: peristalsis

Answer:

muscle movement - wavelike contractions

Question 4: digestive system structures

Answer:

pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (30 feet long)

Question 5: colostomy

Answer:

surgical creation of new opening in abdominal wall through which feces is expelled

Question 6: gingiva

Answer:

gums

Question 7: hepatitis

Answer:

inflammation of the liver

Question 8: gall bladder

Answer:

stores bile secreted from liver - releases into stomach only when needed

Question 9: accessory organs of digestion

Answer:

salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, pancreas

Question 10: where does esophagus receive food from

Answer:

pharynx

Question 11: femoral hernia

Answer:

hernia near the groin area

Question 12: IBS

Answer:

irritable bowel syndrome - spastic colon - increased motility of small or large intestinal wall

Question 13: cecum

Answer:

part of large intestine that attaches to small intestine - appendix hangs from lower portion of cecum

Question 14: hyperemisis

Answer:

severe vomiting

Question 15: another name for hiatal hernia

Answer:

diaphragmatic hernia

Question 16: stool guaiac

Answer:

test on a stool specimen using guaiac as a reagent which identifies the presence of blood (the card that turns blue that Doreen showed us in class)

Question 17: defecation

Answer:

elimination of feces from the digestive tract (anus)

Question 18: GERD

Answer:

gastro esophageal reflux disease - reflux of gastric contents into esophagus

Question 19: cholelithiasis

Answer:

stone in gall bladder

Question 20: chyme

Answer:

liquid like structure of partially digested food in the stomach

Question 21: stool analysis for occult blood

Answer:

microscopic examination of feces for blood - not visible by naked eye

Question 22: glycogenesis

Answer:

conversion of simple sugars (glucose) into a complex form of sugar (starch) for storage in the liver

Question 23: choledocholithiasis

Answer:

stone in common bile duct

Question 24: icterus

Answer:

yellow discoloration of skin, mucous membrane and sclera of the eyes caused by high amounts of bilirubin

Question 25: ase

Answer:

breakdown/enzyme

Question 26: hernia

Answer:

protrusion of an organ or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity

Question 27: mastication

Answer:

chewing

Question 28: hiatal hernia

Answer:

protrusion of stomach through diaphragm due to enlarge cardiac sphincter