Bontrager CH. 12 Self-Test Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
The gallbladder is located in the ____ margin of the liver? - ✔✔Posterior inferior
What are the lobes of the liver? - ✔✔Right, left, caudate, and quadrate
In which quadrant is the liver located in the sthenic patient? - ✔✔Right upper quadrant
What is the name of the soft tissue structure that divides the liver into left and right lobes? -
✔✔Falciform ligament
What is the primary function of bile? - ✔✔Aid in the digestion of fats by breaking down and absorption
Where is bile produced? - ✔✔Liver
Where is bile stored? - ✔✔Gallbladder
Which hormone leads to contraction of the gallbladder to release bile? - ✔✔Cholecystokinin (CCK)
__________ describes the condition of having gallstones - ✔✔Cholelithiasis
Which one is not a function of the gastrointestinal system? - ✔✔Production of hormones
What is another term for an esophagogram? - ✔✔Barium swallow
What are the salivary glands? - ✔✔Parotid, sublingual, & submandibular
_________ is the condition that results from a viral infection of the parotid gland - ✔✔Mumps
, Which structure in the pharynx prevents aspiration of food and fluid into the larynx? - ✔✔Epiglottis
The esophagus extends from C5-C6 to - ✔✔T11
Which structure does not pass through the diaphragm? - ✔✔Trachea
Wavelike involuntary contractions that help propel food down the esophagus - ✔✔Peristalsis
The Greek term gaster, or gastro - ✔✔Stomach
What is the indentation between the body and the pylorus of the stomach called? - ✔✔Angular notch
The numerous mucosal folds found in the stomach are called - ✔✔Rugae
Which aspect of the stomach fills with AIR when the patient is PRONE? - ✔✔Fundus
The lateral margin of the stomach is called the - ✔✔Greater curvature
The medial margin of the stomach is called the - ✔✔Lesser curvature
Which aspect of the stomach fills with BARIUM when the patient is in SUPINE position? - ✔✔Fundus
Which two structures create the "romance of the abdomen"? - ✔✔Head of the pancreas & C-loop of the
duodenum
Where does the air/barium go in a PRONE - PA PROJECTION? - ✔✔AIR = fundus
BARIUM = body
Where does the air/barium go in a SUPINE - AP PROJECTION? - ✔✔AIR = pylorus
The gallbladder is located in the ____ margin of the liver? - ✔✔Posterior inferior
What are the lobes of the liver? - ✔✔Right, left, caudate, and quadrate
In which quadrant is the liver located in the sthenic patient? - ✔✔Right upper quadrant
What is the name of the soft tissue structure that divides the liver into left and right lobes? -
✔✔Falciform ligament
What is the primary function of bile? - ✔✔Aid in the digestion of fats by breaking down and absorption
Where is bile produced? - ✔✔Liver
Where is bile stored? - ✔✔Gallbladder
Which hormone leads to contraction of the gallbladder to release bile? - ✔✔Cholecystokinin (CCK)
__________ describes the condition of having gallstones - ✔✔Cholelithiasis
Which one is not a function of the gastrointestinal system? - ✔✔Production of hormones
What is another term for an esophagogram? - ✔✔Barium swallow
What are the salivary glands? - ✔✔Parotid, sublingual, & submandibular
_________ is the condition that results from a viral infection of the parotid gland - ✔✔Mumps
, Which structure in the pharynx prevents aspiration of food and fluid into the larynx? - ✔✔Epiglottis
The esophagus extends from C5-C6 to - ✔✔T11
Which structure does not pass through the diaphragm? - ✔✔Trachea
Wavelike involuntary contractions that help propel food down the esophagus - ✔✔Peristalsis
The Greek term gaster, or gastro - ✔✔Stomach
What is the indentation between the body and the pylorus of the stomach called? - ✔✔Angular notch
The numerous mucosal folds found in the stomach are called - ✔✔Rugae
Which aspect of the stomach fills with AIR when the patient is PRONE? - ✔✔Fundus
The lateral margin of the stomach is called the - ✔✔Greater curvature
The medial margin of the stomach is called the - ✔✔Lesser curvature
Which aspect of the stomach fills with BARIUM when the patient is in SUPINE position? - ✔✔Fundus
Which two structures create the "romance of the abdomen"? - ✔✔Head of the pancreas & C-loop of the
duodenum
Where does the air/barium go in a PRONE - PA PROJECTION? - ✔✔AIR = fundus
BARIUM = body
Where does the air/barium go in a SUPINE - AP PROJECTION? - ✔✔AIR = pylorus
