Esophagrams and UGI Exam Questions and
Answers.
What is deglutition? - Correct Answer swallowing
What is peristalsis? - Correct Answer involuntary wave like muscle contractions
Peristalsis is involved in? - Correct Answer deglutition
What is mastication? - Correct Answer chewing
Where does most of the "elimination" take place in the digestive system? - Correct Answer
large intestine
Where does most of the "absorption" take place in the digestive system? - Correct Answer
small intestine and stomach
Where does most of the "digestion" take place in the digestive system? - Correct Answer
from the mouth to the small bowel
How long is the esophagus? - Correct Answer 9 3/4" in
Where does the esophagus start and end? - Correct Answer Starts at level of C5/C6 and
ends at T11
Where does the esophagus pass through the diaphragm? - Correct Answer T10
What are the three types of muscle transitions in the esophagus? - Correct Answer
skeletal, transitional, smooth
What is the average time of mechanical digestion for each of the following?
a. esophagus
b. stomach
,c. small bowel - Correct Answer a. 1-8 sec
b. 2-6 hrs
c. 3-5 hrs
Two classifications of contrasts - Correct Answer positive and negative
Three examples of gas forming crystals or fizzies of Carbon Dioxide: - Correct Answer
calcium citrate, magnesium citrate, sodium bicarbonate
What does colloidal suspension mean? - Correct Answer water and baruim will never fully
mix
What is the ratio of barium to water for:
a. thick barium
b. thin barium - Correct Answer a. 4:1 or 3:1
b. 1:1
What is the typical weight to volume mentioned in class for the following:
a. thick barium
b. thin barium - Correct Answer a. 98%
b. 60%
Describe gastrographin - Correct Answer water soluble, non-ionic, contains iodine
What are gastrographin's contraindications? - Correct Answer iodine sensitivity/allergy,
patient is dehydrated
Gastrographin True or False:
a. Ionic contrast
b. Human body cannot absorb it
c. Can be dangerous if aspirated/inhaled
, d. Creates laxative effect
e. Can be used in the bladder and injected into the veins
f. Can be used with air crystals to produce a double contrast study - Correct Answer a.
False
b. False
c. True
d. True
e. False
f. False
What is the chemical name for gastrographin? - Correct Answer Diatrizoate Meglumine
If the patient needs gastrographin for a study, but was extremely dehydrated, what would
the doctors most likely do prior to the exam? - Correct Answer give fluids
What is motility and what are the 5 factors that can affect it? - Correct Answer motility is
how fast something can move
1. suspension of medium used
2. additives
3. temperature
4. consistency (thick v. thin)
5. patient condition (medications)
Which of the following would be used for the following situations:
Double contrast Single contrast Gastrographin
a. Looking for perforations
b. Ruling out pathology
c. Narrow strictures in esophagram
d. Gastritis
e. 6 month follow up routine lap band
Answers.
What is deglutition? - Correct Answer swallowing
What is peristalsis? - Correct Answer involuntary wave like muscle contractions
Peristalsis is involved in? - Correct Answer deglutition
What is mastication? - Correct Answer chewing
Where does most of the "elimination" take place in the digestive system? - Correct Answer
large intestine
Where does most of the "absorption" take place in the digestive system? - Correct Answer
small intestine and stomach
Where does most of the "digestion" take place in the digestive system? - Correct Answer
from the mouth to the small bowel
How long is the esophagus? - Correct Answer 9 3/4" in
Where does the esophagus start and end? - Correct Answer Starts at level of C5/C6 and
ends at T11
Where does the esophagus pass through the diaphragm? - Correct Answer T10
What are the three types of muscle transitions in the esophagus? - Correct Answer
skeletal, transitional, smooth
What is the average time of mechanical digestion for each of the following?
a. esophagus
b. stomach
,c. small bowel - Correct Answer a. 1-8 sec
b. 2-6 hrs
c. 3-5 hrs
Two classifications of contrasts - Correct Answer positive and negative
Three examples of gas forming crystals or fizzies of Carbon Dioxide: - Correct Answer
calcium citrate, magnesium citrate, sodium bicarbonate
What does colloidal suspension mean? - Correct Answer water and baruim will never fully
mix
What is the ratio of barium to water for:
a. thick barium
b. thin barium - Correct Answer a. 4:1 or 3:1
b. 1:1
What is the typical weight to volume mentioned in class for the following:
a. thick barium
b. thin barium - Correct Answer a. 98%
b. 60%
Describe gastrographin - Correct Answer water soluble, non-ionic, contains iodine
What are gastrographin's contraindications? - Correct Answer iodine sensitivity/allergy,
patient is dehydrated
Gastrographin True or False:
a. Ionic contrast
b. Human body cannot absorb it
c. Can be dangerous if aspirated/inhaled
, d. Creates laxative effect
e. Can be used in the bladder and injected into the veins
f. Can be used with air crystals to produce a double contrast study - Correct Answer a.
False
b. False
c. True
d. True
e. False
f. False
What is the chemical name for gastrographin? - Correct Answer Diatrizoate Meglumine
If the patient needs gastrographin for a study, but was extremely dehydrated, what would
the doctors most likely do prior to the exam? - Correct Answer give fluids
What is motility and what are the 5 factors that can affect it? - Correct Answer motility is
how fast something can move
1. suspension of medium used
2. additives
3. temperature
4. consistency (thick v. thin)
5. patient condition (medications)
Which of the following would be used for the following situations:
Double contrast Single contrast Gastrographin
a. Looking for perforations
b. Ruling out pathology
c. Narrow strictures in esophagram
d. Gastritis
e. 6 month follow up routine lap band
