| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Small intestine | Has three main subdivisions, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum |
| Duodenum | First and shortest portion of small intestine; shaped like letter C; initial portion is called duodenal bulb; ducts from liver, GB, and pancreas drain into descending portion |
| Jejunum | Small intestine's middle portion; feathery appearance when filled with barium |
| Ileum | The final and longest portion of the small intestine; terminates with ileo-cecal valve |
| Large intestine | Begins in the RLQ at junction with small intestine |
| Large intestine | Contains the cecum, hepatic flexure, and splenic flexure |
| Large intestine | Contains the ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon |
| Large intestine | Ends with the rectum and anus |
| Liver | Has four lobes; two major, two minor |
| Liver | Most lies to the right of the midline (RUQ) |
| Liver | Surface is attached to fold of peritoneum called the falciform ligament |
| Falciform ligament | Division between 2 major lobes of the liver |
| Liver | Main physiologic function of the _____ is the production of bile |
| Right, left, common | Bile is produced in liver and travels via the _____ and ____ hepatic ducts to the ______ hepatic duct. |
| Common bile duct | Common hepatic duct unites with the cystic duct to form the ______ ____ ____. |
| Pancreatic, ampulla of vater, sphincter of oddi | CBD joins the main __________ duct and they enter the _______ __ _____ into the descending duodenum (_________ __ ____ controls opening) |
| Gall bladder, cystic | When sphincter remains contracted bile is routed back into the ____ _______ via the ______ duct (concentration and temporary storage) |
| Spiral valve | ______ _____ keeps cystic duct open |
| Gall bladder | Pear-shaped sac that stores and concentrates bile |
| Gall bladder | Contracts when stimulated; has a neck, body, and fundus |
| Pancreas | Long gland located along the posterior abdominal wall |
| Pancreas | Extends from duodenum to spleen (LUQ) |
| Pancreas | Can't be visualized on plain x-ray |
| Pancreas | Consists of a head, neck, body, tail |
| Endocrine, exocrine | The pancreas acts as both an _________ and ________ gland. |
| Pancreatic juice | Exocrine area of pancreas produces __________ _____ which act on proteins, fats, and carbohydrates |
| Insulin, glucagon | Endocrine portion of pancreas produces _______ and ________. |
| Duct of Wirsung, main pancreatic duct | Digestive juices are secreted by exocrine cells and delivered into ____ __ _______ (____ ___________ ____)where they travel to the duodenum |
| Main pancreatic, common bile, ampulla of vater | ____ ___________ duct and ______ ____ duct form a single passage by way of the ________ __ _____ into the descending duodenum |
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