HCA 201B Digestive System and Bowel Elimination Exam Questions With Answers

HCA 201B Digestive System and Bowel
Elimination Exam Questions With
Answers

Major parts of digestive system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mouth,
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pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
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liver - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-produces bile
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bile - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A substance produced by the liver that
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breaks up fat particles. | | |




gall bladder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-stores bile produced by liver
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pancreas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-produces juices that neutralize acidic
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chyme


stomach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-forms liquid called chyme; holds food
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for 4 hours
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small intestine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-duodenum, jejunum, ileum
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, large intestine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-colon
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vomiting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-emesis
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flatulence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-gas in the stomach or intestines
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flatus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-gas expelled through the anus
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burping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-eructation
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GERD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-disease in which stomach contents flow
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back from the stomach into the esophagus
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gall stones - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cholelithiasis
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cholecystectomy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-surgical removal of the
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gallbladder


cirrhosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chronic degenerative disease of the
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liver