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Bontrager CH. 12 Self-Test Exam Questions
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The gallbladder is located in the ____ margin of the liver? - Answer✔Posterior inferior
What are the lobes of the liver? - Answer✔Right, left, caudate, and quadrate
In which quadrant is the liver located in the sthenic patient? - Answer✔Right upper quadrant
What is the name of the soft tissue structure that divides the liver into left and right lobes? -
Answer✔Falciform ligament
What is the primary function of bile? - Answer✔Aid in the digestion of fats by breaking down
and absorption
Where is bile produced? - Answer✔Liver
Where is bile stored? - Answer✔Gallbladder
Which hormone leads to contraction of the gallbladder to release bile? -
Answer✔Cholecystokinin (CCK)
__________ describes the condition of having gallstones - Answer✔Cholelithiasis
Which one is not a function of the gastrointestinal system? - Answer✔Production of hormones
What is another term for an esophagogram? - Answer✔Barium swallow
What are the salivary glands? - Answer✔Parotid, sublingual, & submandibular
_________ is the condition that results from a viral infection of the parotid gland -
Answer✔Mumps
Which structure in the pharynx prevents aspiration of food and fluid into the larynx? -
Answer✔Epiglottis
The esophagus extends from C5-C6 to - Answer✔T11
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Which structure does not pass through the diaphragm? - Answer✔Trachea
Wavelike involuntary contractions that help propel food down the esophagus -
Answer✔Peristalsis
The Greek term gaster, or gastro - Answer✔Stomach
What is the indentation between the body and the pylorus of the stomach called? -
Answer✔Angular notch
The numerous mucosal folds found in the stomach are called - Answer✔Rugae
Which aspect of the stomach fills with AIR when the patient is PRONE? - Answer✔Fundus
The lateral margin of the stomach is called the - Answer✔Greater curvature
The medial margin of the stomach is called the - Answer✔Lesser curvature
Which aspect of the stomach fills with BARIUM when the patient is in SUPINE position? -
Answer✔Fundus
Which two structures create the "romance of the abdomen"? - Answer✔Head of the pancreas
& C-loop of the duodenum
Where does the air/barium go in a PRONE - PA PROJECTION? - Answer✔AIR = fundus
BARIUM = body
Where does the air/barium go in a SUPINE - AP PROJECTION? - Answer✔AIR = pylorus
BARIUM = fundus
Where does the air/barium go in a SUPINE POSTERIOR - LPO POSITION? - Answer✔AIR = pylorus
BARIUM = fundus
The act of chewing? - Answer✔Mastication
Which term describes food once it enters the stomach and is mixed with gastric fluids? -
Answer✔Chyme
The churning or mixing activity of chyme in the small intestines is called? - Answer✔Rhythmic
segmentation
Which nutrient is not digested? - Answer✔Vitamins
A high and transverse stomach indicates a ___________ body type with the pyloric portion at
the vertebral level of _______ - Answer✔Hypersthenic - T11 or T12
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Bontrager CH. 12 Self-Test Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
The gallbladder is located in the ____ margin of the liver? - Answer✔Posterior inferior
What are the lobes of the liver? - Answer✔Right, left, caudate, and quadrate
In which quadrant is the liver located in the sthenic patient? - Answer✔Right upper quadrant
What is the name of the soft tissue structure that divides the liver into left and right lobes? -
Answer✔Falciform ligament
What is the primary function of bile? - Answer✔Aid in the digestion of fats by breaking down
and absorption
Where is bile produced? - Answer✔Liver
Where is bile stored? - Answer✔Gallbladder
Which hormone leads to contraction of the gallbladder to release bile? -
Answer✔Cholecystokinin (CCK)
__________ describes the condition of having gallstones - Answer✔Cholelithiasis
Which one is not a function of the gastrointestinal system? - Answer✔Production of hormones
What is another term for an esophagogram? - Answer✔Barium swallow
What are the salivary glands? - Answer✔Parotid, sublingual, & submandibular
_________ is the condition that results from a viral infection of the parotid gland -
Answer✔Mumps
Which structure in the pharynx prevents aspiration of food and fluid into the larynx? -
Answer✔Epiglottis
The esophagus extends from C5-C6 to - Answer✔T11
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Which structure does not pass through the diaphragm? - Answer✔Trachea
Wavelike involuntary contractions that help propel food down the esophagus -
Answer✔Peristalsis
The Greek term gaster, or gastro - Answer✔Stomach
What is the indentation between the body and the pylorus of the stomach called? -
Answer✔Angular notch
The numerous mucosal folds found in the stomach are called - Answer✔Rugae
Which aspect of the stomach fills with AIR when the patient is PRONE? - Answer✔Fundus
The lateral margin of the stomach is called the - Answer✔Greater curvature
The medial margin of the stomach is called the - Answer✔Lesser curvature
Which aspect of the stomach fills with BARIUM when the patient is in SUPINE position? -
Answer✔Fundus
Which two structures create the "romance of the abdomen"? - Answer✔Head of the pancreas
& C-loop of the duodenum
Where does the air/barium go in a PRONE - PA PROJECTION? - Answer✔AIR = fundus
BARIUM = body
Where does the air/barium go in a SUPINE - AP PROJECTION? - Answer✔AIR = pylorus
BARIUM = fundus
Where does the air/barium go in a SUPINE POSTERIOR - LPO POSITION? - Answer✔AIR = pylorus
BARIUM = fundus
The act of chewing? - Answer✔Mastication
Which term describes food once it enters the stomach and is mixed with gastric fluids? -
Answer✔Chyme
The churning or mixing activity of chyme in the small intestines is called? - Answer✔Rhythmic
segmentation
Which nutrient is not digested? - Answer✔Vitamins
A high and transverse stomach indicates a ___________ body type with the pyloric portion at
the vertebral level of _______ - Answer✔Hypersthenic - T11 or T12
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