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disorders of the small intestine

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Total cards: 21•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE THE THREE PARTS OF THE SMALL INTESTIE

Back (Answer)

DUODENUM, JEJUNUM, ILEUM

#2
Front (Question)

WHERE DOES THE SMALL INTESTINE EXTEND FROM AND TO

Back (Answer)

PYLORUS TO THE ILIOCAECAL JUNCTION

#3
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE

Back (Answer)

RECEIVES SECRETIONS FROM THE LIVER AND PANCREAS MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL DIGESTION (ABSORBTION OF NUTRIENTS) TRANSPORTATION OF UNDIGESTED MATERIAL TO LARGE INTESTINE

#4
Front (Question)

THE SMALL INTESTINE IS SPECIALISED FOR ________ ________

Back (Answer)

ABSORBING NUTRIENTS

#5
Front (Question)

WHAT INCREASES THE SURFACE AREA OF THE SMALL INTESTINE

Back (Answer)

CIRCULAR FOLDS AND VILLI

#6
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE MICROVILLI

Back (Answer)

CYTOPLASMIC EXTENSIONS OF villi

#7
Front (Question)

WHAT IS THE DEFINITON OF COELIAC DISEASE

Back (Answer)

GENETICALLY DETERMINES, ABNORMAL, HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION TO GLUTEN OR ITS PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE GILADIN

#8
Front (Question)

WHAT FACTORS ARE INVOLVED IN TEH DEVELOPMENT OF COELIAC DISEASE

Back (Answer)

GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

#9
Front (Question)

WHAT GENE IS PRESENT WITH COELIAC DISEASE

Back (Answer)

HLA GENE

#10
Front (Question)

CAN COELIAC DISEASE BE TRIGGERED

Back (Answer)

YES

#11
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES GLUTEN GET BROKEN DOWN INTO

Back (Answer)

GLIADEN

#12
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGERS FOR COELIAC DISEASE

Back (Answer)

INFECTIONS, GLUTEN FOODS, INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA, EARLY NUTRITION

#13
Front (Question)

WHAT CELL REACTS TO GLIADEN

Back (Answer)

T CELL

#14
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES A TCELL DO IN A PERSON WITH COELIAC DISEASE

Back (Answer)

TCELL REACTS TO GLIADEN AND PERCEIVES IT AS A THREAT, ACTIVATING AN ACUTE INFLAMMATORY ALLERGIC RESPONSE

#15
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO GLIADEN CAUSE

Back (Answer)

WIPE OUT OF VILLI

#16
Front (Question)

WILL ELIMINATION OF GLUTEN FROM THE DIET OF A COELIAC ALLOW THE VILLI TO REGAIN FUNCTION

Back (Answer)

YES

#17
Front (Question)

WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF COELIAC

Back (Answer)

GASTROSCOPE AND BLOOD TEST

#18
Front (Question)

WHAT IS COELIAC DISEASE OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED AS

Back (Answer)

IBS

#19
Front (Question)

WITH CHILDHOOD ONSET OF COELIAC DISEASE, WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES

Back (Answer)

IRIABILITY, FAILURE TO THRIVE, ABDOMINAL DISTENSION, ABDO PAIN, DELAYED PUBERTY

#20
Front (Question)

WITH ADULT ONSET OF COELIAC DISEASE, WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES

Back (Answer)

WEIGHT LOSS, DIARRHOEA, CONSTIPATION, ANEMIA, ABDO DISCOMFORT, FATIGUE, AMENORRHEA, NAUSEA, STOMACH CRAMPS

#21
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