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Digestive System and Abdominal Assessment

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
2.
What is one accessory organ of the digestive system?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Esophagus
c)
Gallbladder
d)
Stomach
3.
Number 5 is pointing to the...
a)
Liver
b)
Gallbladder
c)
Pancreas
d)
Stomach
4.
Number 2 is pointing to the...
a)
Esophagus
b)
Stomach
c)
Small intestine
d)
Anus
5.
A bolus...
a)
helps digest starch
b)
is a combination of saliva and food
c)
creates antibacterial activity in the mouth
d)
acts as a lubricant
6.
Bile is made by which digestive organ?
a)
Gallbladder
b)
Stomach
c)
Rectum
d)
Liver
7.
Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Gallbladder
8.
Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?
a)
Mouth
b)
Esophagus
c)
Rectum
d)
Large intestine
9.
As waste moves through the digestive system, the ______ absorbs water before storing waste in the rectum.
a)
Small intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Esophagus
d)
Large intestine
10.
Bile is stored in which secondary digestive organ?
a)
Stomach
b)
Liver
c)
Gallbladder
d)
Pancreas
11.
What is the substance found in the stomach that allows for chemical digestion to take place?
a)
Gastric Juices
b)
Saliva
c)
Bile
12.
Food does not pass through which of the following? 
a)
stomach
b)
liver
c)
esophagus
d)
mouth
13.
Where does chemical and mechanical digestion take place?
a)
liver and gall bladder
b)
stomach and mouth
c)
mouth and esophagus
d)
intestines and rectum
14.
Where does most of the chemical digestion of food takes place?  Nutrients from food are also absorbed into the bloodstream here. 
a)
Large Intestines
b)
Small Intestines
c)
Gall Bladder
d)
Liver
15.

Where does digestion begin?

a)

The mouth

b)

The stomach

c)

The liver

d)

The small intestine

16.
Which organ connects the mouth to the stomach?
a)
mouth
b)
esophagus
c)
stomach
d)
small intestines
17.

Which are the nutrients digested in the mouth?

a)

Carbohydrates and proteins

b)

Proteins

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Fats

e)

All the abov

18.

What is the function of the villi?

a)

To increase the absorption surface

b)

To digest the last nutrients

c)

To form feces

d)

To comb the small intestine

19.
8
a)
Liver
b)
Gallbladder
c)
Appendix
d)
Pancreas
20.
What does saliva do?
a)
Chemically digests food in the mouth.
b)
Chemically digests food in the stomach
c)
Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
d)
Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.
21.
What does stomach acid do?
a)
Chemically digests food in the mouth.
b)
Chemically digests food in the stomach
c)
Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
d)
Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.
22.
What parts of the digestive system help with mechanical digestions?
a)
Esophagus and Small Intestine
b)
Mouth and Stomach
c)
Liver and Gallbladder
d)
Rectum and Anus
23.
Why do we eat food?
a)
To keep our stomachs full
b)
To put oxygen into the body cells
c)
To get nutrients and energy
d)
To make waste products
24.
Which of the following is an accessory organ?
a)
Stomach
b)
Small Intesting
c)
Liver
d)
Large Intestine
25.

Muscle contraction that keep food moving alone in one direction through the digestive system.

a)

epiglottis

b)

nephrons

c)

peristalsis

d)

enzymes

26.

_______________________ is when the muscles in the throat push food down to the stomach.

a)

Pyloric

b)

Chemistry

c)

Muscular action

d)

Peristalsis

27.

After food leaves the stomach it goes into the _______________.

a)

pyloric valve

b)

small intestine

c)

peristalsis

d)

large intestine

28.

The _____________________ is over 7 meters long (in adults).

a)

esophagus

b)

large intestine

c)

small intestine

d)

pyloric valve

29.

it can take up to two __________________ for food to go through your body.

a)

days

b)

weeks

c)

hours

d)

minutes

30.

GERD stands for what digestive disorder

a)

Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit

b)

Gastrointestinal Regurgitation Disease

c)

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

d)

Glossoesophageal Regurgitation Disease

31.

Gastroenteritis is the medical diagnosis for someone with which digestive system disorder?

a)

Type II Diabetes

b)

Acid Reflux

c)

Stomach Flu

d)

Stomach Cancer

32.

In treating the two types of diabetes, which one requires insulin injections

a)

type II

b)

neither

c)

both

d)

type I

33.
People who have a poor diet are more likely to have which type of Diabetes? 
a)
Type 1
b)
Type 2
34.
The most common type of diabetes is
a)
Type 1 diabetes
b)
Juvenile diabetes
c)
Type 2 diabetes
35.

Type of diabetes characterized by insulin resistance

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

36.

What is the normal fasting blood sugar level range?

a)

70-140 mg/dl

b)

70-100 mg/dl

c)

100-125 mg/dl

d)

100-140 mg/dl

37.

The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood.

a)

absorption

b)

digestion

c)

peristalsis

d)

villi

38.

finger-like projections in the small intestine that absorb nutrients

a)

digestion

b)

absorption

c)

peristalsis

d)

villi

39.

A disease in which stomach acid goes up into the esophagus causing burning pain and sometimes ulcers.

a)

celiac disease

b)

GERD (acid reflux)

c)

appendicitus

d)

diarhea

40.

This Digestive System disorder is characterized by RLQ pain, nausea/vomiting, and rebound tenderness at Mcburney's point?

a)

Gastroenteritis

b)

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

c)

Hernia

d)

Appendicitis

41.

What is b?

a)

Right Upper Quadrant

b)

Left Upper Quadrant

c)

Right Lower Quadrant

d)

Left Lower Quadrant

42.
The liver is mostly located within the 
a)
RUQ
b)
RLQ
c)
LLQ
d)
LUQ
43.

The stomach is mostly located in the

a)

RUQ

b)

RLQ

c)

LLQ

d)

LUQ

44.

Which quadrants would contain most of your intestines?

a)

RUQ & RLQ

b)

LUQ & LLQ

c)

RLQ & LLQ

d)

RUQ & LLQ

45.

The first segment of the small intestine is known as the

a)

Ileum

b)

Ischium

c)

Duodenum

d)

Rectum

46.

Which of the following would be an objective sign of possible internal injury/bleeding following trauma to the abdominal region

a)

abdominal rigidity

b)

absence of bowel sounds

c)

rebound tenderness

d)

all of the above

47.

An athlete reports with Hx of trauma to the ribs, discoloration, tenderness to the area, difficulty breathing, and cyanosis of the lips. What condition do you suspect?

a)

Rib Contusion

b)

Asthma

c)

Pneumothorax

d)

Solar Plexus injury

48.

Not one of the four abdominal muscle groups

a)

Rectus Abdominis

b)

Transverse Abdominis

c)

External Obliques

d)

Rectus Femoris

49.

Solid organs primarily located in the LUQ (2 correct answers)

a)

Stomach

b)

Pancreas

c)

Spleen

d)

Small intestine

50.

What would be the treatment plan for an athlete reporting direct blow to abdominal area cc Lt shoulder pain, BP 90/65, and rebound tenderness with palpation.

a)

Continue to monitor vitals and offer fluids

b)

Rib compression wrap and play as tolerated

c)

Immediate referral - activate EMS

d)

RICE