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What is the primary function of the stomach in the digestion process?
What is the primary function of the stomach in the digestion process?
- Storage and mechanical breakdown of food
- Chemical digestion and conversion of food into chyme (correct)
- Secretion of hormones to regulate appetite
- Absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream
What is the location of the pyloric end of the stomach?
What is the location of the pyloric end of the stomach?
- In the upper left part of the abdomen
- At the level of T11 vertebra
- In the lower right part of the abdomen
- At the level of L1 vertebra (correct)
What is the function of the lesser omentum in relation to the stomach?
What is the function of the lesser omentum in relation to the stomach?
- It surrounds the cardiac orifice of the stomach
- It gives attachment to the greater curvature of the stomach
- It separates the stomach from the duodenum
- It gives attachment to the lesser curvature of the stomach (correct)
What is the name of the groove formed temporarily by the gastric rugae along the lesser curvature during swallowing?
What is the name of the groove formed temporarily by the gastric rugae along the lesser curvature during swallowing?
What is the source of the parasympathetic nerve supply to the stomach?
What is the source of the parasympathetic nerve supply to the stomach?
During embryonic development, what happens to the stomach as it rotates around its longitudinal axis?
During embryonic development, what happens to the stomach as it rotates around its longitudinal axis?
What is the term for the protrusion of part of the stomach into the thorax through the esophageal opening of the diaphragm?
What is the term for the protrusion of part of the stomach into the thorax through the esophageal opening of the diaphragm?
What is the name of the fold of mucous membrane that disappears when the stomach is distended?
What is the name of the fold of mucous membrane that disappears when the stomach is distended?
Which of the following arteries is NOT a branch of the coeliac trunk that supplies the stomach?
Which of the following arteries is NOT a branch of the coeliac trunk that supplies the stomach?
What is the term for the failure of the smooth muscle fibers encircling the pyloric canal to relax normally?
What is the term for the failure of the smooth muscle fibers encircling the pyloric canal to relax normally?
A posterior gastric ulcer may erode through the stomach wall into which organ, resulting in referred pain to the back?
A posterior gastric ulcer may erode through the stomach wall into which organ, resulting in referred pain to the back?
What is the shape of the pancreas?
What is the shape of the pancreas?
What is the function of the exocrine part of the pancreas?
What is the function of the exocrine part of the pancreas?
Which part of the pancreas has a projection called the uncinate process?
Which part of the pancreas has a projection called the uncinate process?
What is the name of the artery that supplies blood to the neck of the pancreas?
What is the name of the artery that supplies blood to the neck of the pancreas?
What is the name of the duct that carries the secretions from the exocrine part of the pancreas to the second part of the duodenum?
What is the name of the duct that carries the secretions from the exocrine part of the pancreas to the second part of the duodenum?
What is the name of the sphincter that surrounds the termination of the bile duct?
What is the name of the sphincter that surrounds the termination of the bile duct?
What is the name of the nerve that supplies the pancreas with parasympathetic fibers?
What is the name of the nerve that supplies the pancreas with parasympathetic fibers?
What is the name of the surgery that involves the removal of most of the pancreas?
What is the name of the surgery that involves the removal of most of the pancreas?
What is the result of rupture of the pancreas due to a sudden, severe, forceful compression of the abdomen?
What is the result of rupture of the pancreas due to a sudden, severe, forceful compression of the abdomen?
