Simple Columnar Epithelium Villus Lumen Cryptsjohnsonscience.weebly.com/.../digestive_system_lab.pdf · 2019-03-20 · Name: _____ Digestive System Lab Case #4 Jane has burning chest

Name: _______________________________________________ Digestive System Lab Please wait to begin until you are assigned a group and lab station. Group 1 It can be difficult to visualize the three-dimensional structure of the digestive system. You will trace the alimentary canal and identify the organs using the model of the torso. You will also locate the accessory organs. Make sure that every person can identify each structure when given the name. A quiz will be given where the teacher will randomly select a term and a group member. This part of the lab will depend on everyone being able to identify the terms. The group correctly identified _________________ out of ____________ organs. Group 2 View slides of the small intestine at low and medium magnification. Identify, draw, color code, and label the following structures: Mucosa Submucosa Simple Columnar Epithelium Villus Lumen Crypts Microvilli (these can be seen on the edge of the simple columnar epithelial cells) Add a page if you need more space.

Name: _______________________________________________ Digestive System Lab Group 3 This group will try to properly diagnose the cause of the symptoms experienced by some unfortunate people. You may use your book, notes, and ask your teacher questions. You may not use your phone or computer. Case #1 Jessica is fifty years old. She has noticed that she has upper right abdominal pain after eating. The symptoms are especially severe after eating a meal high in fats. The organ most likely involved is the ________________________________________. What could be a possible problem with the organ? Case #2 James is forty-two years old. He feels very weak and has no appetite. The whites of his eyes have a yellowish cast. He does not have any pain, only extreme weariness. The organ most likely involved is the _________________________________________. What could be a possible problem with the organ? Case #3 Jeremiah is eighteen years old. He finds that food makes him very sick. He has started losing a lot of weight. He tried cutting out foods from his diet and finds that if he avoids all carbohydrates he does not have as much pain and can eat. The organ most likely involved is the _________________________________________. What could be a possible problem with the organ?

Name: _______________________________________________ Digestive System Lab Case #4 Jane has burning chest pain but her cardiologist has said her heart is perfectly fine. She notices that the pain is worse after eating or when she lays down. Sometimes, when she lays down, Jane can taste a sour taste. The organ most likely involved is the __________________________________________ What could be a possible problem with the organ? Case #5 John is only eight years old. He seemed to be pretty healthy until several symptoms started worrying his parents. He started urinating frequently and often complained of headaches. Sometime he said he was dizzy and just wanted to lay down. Although he seems hungry and thirsty all of the time, John has What could be a possible problem with the organ? Case #6 Janelle is a twenty-two-year-old University student. She has been experiencing fatigue and weight loss. She says that she attempts to defecate but the feces sometimes there is no feces or the feces is not being excreted. She has noticed that sometimes there is blood in her feces and she also complains of abdominal pain. Blood tests have ruled out anemia and stool tests have ruled out infection. The organ most likely involved is the __________________________________. What could be a possible problem with the organ?

Name: _______________________________________________ Digestive System Lab Case #7 Jennifer is a cheerful, fifteen-year-old. She has been complaining of throat pain and difficulty swallowing. She has had this problem for a couple of weeks and it does not seem to be improving. The doctor examines her and finds that the glands in her neck are swollen and there seems to be swollen masses in the back of her throat. The organ most likely involved is the _____________________________________. What could be a possible problem with the organ? Case #8 Jasper is a healthy thirty-seven-year-old male. He thought that he had laryngitis so he failed to see a doctor. The difficulty speaking developed over several days. He has a low fever and his throat is very painful. You notice that there is an abnormal, high-pitched sound when he is breathing in. When asked, Jasper affirms that breathing has become more difficult and swallowing almost impossible. The organ most likely involved is the _____________________________________________. What could be a possible problem with the organ? Case #9 Joanna is a thirty-one-year-old pregnant woman. She is terribly embarrassed but the problems have become so severe that she has sought help. At first, she just had a little irritation when having a bowel movement. It developed into a much more uncomfortable situation and now she has discovered that there is blood in the toilet after she has a bowel movement. The blood is bright red. She has no other symptoms. The organ most likely involved is the ____________________________________________. What could be a possible problem with the organ?

Name: _______________________________________________ Digestive System Lab Case #10 Jerome is forty-one. He has been experiencing pain when opening his mouth or eating. Sometimes his face hurts when he is not eating. He has also noticed that his mouth is very dry and he often has a foul taste in his mouth. The organ most likely involved is the ___________________________________________. What could be a possible problem with the organ?