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GI - Primary function - Answer -Breakdown of food for digestion -Absorption of nutrients into bloodstream -Elimination of undigested food & waste products GI - Closed system - Answer Mouth - Esophagus - Stomach - Small & Large Intestines - Rectum - Anus Includes accessory organs (liver, gallbladder & pancreas) -*Starches start in your mouth -Saliva helps lubricate food -Pepsin: starts protein breakdown in stomach -Pepsin & starches mixed with hydrochloric acid produces chyme -Takes 1-2 hrs hrs for stomach to do its job -Pyloric sphincter divides the stomach & small intestine -The GI system is innervated by Sympathetic & Parasympathetic* GI - Portal Venous System - Answer Superior Mesenteric, Inferior Mesenteric, Gastric, Splenic, Cystic(PROVIDE BLOOD TO LIVER) Small intestine has 3 parts: - Answer Duodenum, jejunum, ileum 95% of nutrients are absorbed in the ____________ - Answer Duodenum __________ is where carbs & proteins are absorbed - Answer Jejunum last largest part of the small intestine - Answer ileum

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NURS 30035 - Gastrointestinal
Overview Modalities, Oral &
Esophageal Disorders Questions and
All Actual Answers.
GI -

Primary function - Answer -Breakdown of food for digestion

-Absorption of nutrients into bloodstream

-Elimination of undigested food & waste products



GI -

Closed system - Answer Mouth -> Esophagus -> Stomach -> Small & Large Intestines ->
Rectum -> Anus

Includes accessory organs (liver, gallbladder & pancreas)



-*Starches start in your mouth

-Saliva helps lubricate food

-Pepsin: starts protein breakdown in stomach

-Pepsin & starches mixed with hydrochloric acid produces chyme

-Takes 1-2 hrs hrs for stomach to do its job

-Pyloric sphincter divides the stomach & small intestine

-The GI system is innervated by Sympathetic & Parasympathetic*



GI -

Portal Venous System - Answer Superior Mesenteric, Inferior Mesenteric, Gastric, Splenic,
Cystic(PROVIDE BLOOD TO LIVER)



Small intestine has 3 parts: - Answer Duodenum, jejunum, ileum



95% of nutrients are absorbed in the ____________ - Answer Duodenum



__________ is where carbs & proteins are absorbed - Answer Jejunum



last largest part of the small intestine - Answer ileum

, Large intestine is jus_____ - Answer Water & minerals



_____________ starts secreting bile to breaking down fats - Answer Gallbladder



_____________ releases amylase & lipase to breakdown starches - Answer Pancreas



Pancreas also secretes a bicarb - Answer Neutralizing acid enzyme to buffer the acidity of the
chyme



Small intestine has finger like projections called villi: - Answer Sucks up nutrients & minerals



Main purpose of ileum is: - Answer Bile salts & B12



90% of digestion occurs in the _______ intestine - Answer Small



___% of digestion occurs in the stomach & colon - Answer 10%



Bacteria in colon make biotin & vitamin ___ - Answer K



___-___ hrs for food to get through the stomach & small intestine - Answer 6-8



Portal venous system feeds: - Answer Liver, intestines, stomach, spleen



GI disorders most often deal with function & motility: - Answer -Aging has minimal effect on
GI function

GI disorders most often deal with FUNCTION & MOTILITY

Dysphagia, Anorexia, Dyspepsia, Disorders of Colonic function

-Difficulty chewing & swallowing

-Reflux & Heartburn

-Food intolerances, Malabsorption, Decreased B12 absorption

-Decreased motility & transit time (indigestion & constipation)

-Decreased absorption of nutrients (dextrose, fats, calcium, iron)

-Fecal incontinence (duller nerve impulses in rectal area)



Dyspepsia - Answer Heartburn

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