CSFA Exam study guide test questions and answers

CSFA Exam study guide test questions and answers jejunum - Answer-absorption of digested foods, vitamins,& electrolytes; thick wall with larger lumen in diameter and more vascularity compared to ileum; color; deep red ileum - Answer-final portion of small intestines, connects to the cecum; absorbs nutrients the jejunum doesn't ; Meckel's Diverticulum found here color pale pink Peyer's patches Superior Mesenteric Artery SMA - Answer-blood supply to the distal pancreas, duodenum, cecum, and the ascending and right transverse colon; what are some medical conditions that may mimic anorexia? What is the most common vessel blocked with intestinal ischemia? The inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery branches off which artery? Inferior Mesenteric Artery IMA - Answer-origin: abdominal aorta; Supplies the left half of the transverse colon, the descending/iliac/and sigmoid colon, and part of the rectum; often sacrificed during AAA REPAIR, COLONIC ISHEMIA CAN OCCUR 5 MAJOR ARTERIES THAT SUPPLY THE LARGE INTESTINES - Answer-Iliocolic artery, right colic artery, middle colic artery, left colic artery, and the superior rectal artery layers of the stomach and intestines - Answer-serosa, mucosa, and submucosa large intestines - Answer-cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid, and rectum; water absorption back into the bloodstream, and eliminates food wastes. ileocecal valve - Answer-regulates discharge of small intestinal contents into large intestines; permits movement of fecal matter and gas in either direction which helps prevent obstructions. cecum - Answer-widest and smallest part of the colon; first part of the large intestines; appendix is attached; where the distal ilium enters and forms the ileocecal valve; intraperitoneal covered by mesorectum. appendix - Answer-mass of lymphatic tissue that helps contribute to immunity; connects to the cecum, possible cause of appendicitis in adults-fecal matter blocking the lumen; appendicitis in youth- hyperplasia of lyphatic follicles in appendix occludes the lumen ascending colon - Answer-right side of the abdomen from the cecum up to the transverse colon contracts rt. lobe of the liver; secondarily retroperitoneal.