| Question |
Answer |
| Name the accessory organs of the digestive system |
teeth, salivary glands, liver, pancreas |
| What are the borders of the abdominal cavity? |
diaphragm and superior bony pelvis |
| What structures are found in the abdominal cavity? |
stomach, sm. intestine, lg. intestine, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas and kidneys. |
| Where does the pelvic cavity lie? |
within the borders of the bony pelvis |
| What structures are found in the pelvic cavity? |
rectum and sigmoid of the large intestine, urinary bladder and reproductive organs |
| What is the retroperitoneum? |
the cavity behind the peritoneum |
| What structures are found in the retroperitoneum? |
kidneys and pancreas |
| Where does the liver lie? |
on the right extending inferiorly to L4 |
| Which lobe of the liver is larger? |
the right |
| Name the lobes of the liver |
right, left, quadrate, caudate |
| What is the other name for the hilum of the liver? |
porta hepatis |
| Function of the liver? |
formation of bile, filtration |
| Function of the gallbladder? |
concentrate, store and evacuate bile |
| Function of the pancreas |
sugar metabolism |
| Where might the gallbladder be found in a hypersthenic patient? |
more superior and away from the midline |
| Where might the gallbladder be found in an asthenic patient? |
more inferior and toward the midline |
| What type of gland is the pancreas? |
endocrine and exocrine |
| What is the functional unit of the pancreas? |
islet cells or islets of langerhans |
| What do the islet cells of the pancreas do? |
produce insulin and glucagon |
| What is the function of the spleen? |
produce lymphocytes, store and remove dead or dying RBCs |
| which layer of the peritoneum lines the walls of the abdominal cavity? |
parietal |
| which layer of the peritoneum creates the mesentery and omenta? |
visceral |
| what is the space between the parietal and visceral peritoneum called? |
peritoneal cavity |
| what scale of contrast is desired on an abdominal radiograph? |
low contrast/long scale |
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