RCE Study Guide Exam With Complete Questions And Answers(guaranteed pass)
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Module
RCE.
Institution
RCE.
ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINE - correct answer Components of Alimentary Tract
Esophagus - correct answer Muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach. During swallowing,...
ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINE - correct answer Components of
Alimentary Tract
Esophagus - correct answer Muscular tube through which food passes from
the pharynx to the stomach. During swallowing, food passes from the mouth through the pharynx into
the esophagus and travels via peristalsis to the stomach.
Stomach - correct answer Dilated, saclike portion of the digestive tract
extending between the esophagus and the small intestines.
cardia, fundus, body, pyloric portion - correct answer 4 main parts of Stomach
Cardia - correct answer section immediately surrounding the esophageal
opening.
Fundus - correct answer superior portion of the stomach that expands
superiorly and fills the dome of the left hemidiaphragm
gastric bubble/magenblase - correct answer When patient is upright, this
portion is filled up by gas and is referred to the
Body - correct answer begins at the level of the cardiac notch (incisura) and
ends at the plane passing through the angular notch (incisura angularis- indentation along the lesser
curvature) and the sulcus intermedius (indentation along the greater curvature).
Pyloric portion/antrum - correct answer the distal end of the stomach seen to
the immediate right of the angular notch and connects with the pyloric canal
, esophagogastric junction (cardiac orifice), Pyloric orifice (pylorus) - correct answer
Two openings of the stomach
Esophagogastric junction (cardiac orifice) - correct answer is the aperture, or
opening, between the esophagus and the stomach
Pyloric orifice (pylorus) - correct answer The orifice, or opening between the
stomach and small intestines
Cardiac notch (incisura cardiaca) - correct answer Directly superior to this
orifice is a notch called the cardiac notch (incisura cardiaca)
Cardiac antrum - correct answer distal abdominal portion of the esophagus
curves sharply into a slightly expanded portion of the terminal esophagus
Lesser curvature - correct answer which is found along the medial border of
the stomach, forms a concave border as it extends between the cardiac and pyloric orifices
Greater curvature - correct answer is found along the lateral border of the
stomach. This greater curvature is four to five times longer than the lesser curvature
serous (outermost layer), muscular (inner circular and outer, submucous, mucous (innermost layer
which is
opacified by contrast medium) - correct answer The wall of the stomach is
composed of four layers
Rugae - correct answer When the stomach is empty, the internal lining is
thrown into numerous longitudinal mucosal folds
Rugae - correct answer MUCOSAL FOLDS WITHIN THE STOMACH
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