A&P Flashcards
0
Q
Name the 4 food stages?
A
- Food - before injestion
- Bolus - Chewed up food mixed w/ saliva
- Chyme - bolus mixed w/ stomach acid & further
- Feces - digested food & bacteria
1
Q
What does the digestive system do?
A
Breaks down foods
2
Q
2 types of digestion
A
- Mechanical Digestion - Physical impact on the food item
- chewing - muscle contractions of the stomach - Chemical Digestion - Breakdown via enzymes & chemical compounds - saliva - stomach acid -intestinal enzymes
3
Q
Define Amalase
A
enzyme that begins to breakdown the starches
4
Q
Central incisors
A
front flat teeth
5
Q
Lateral Incisors
A
Cutting teeth sightly curved
6
Q
Canine teeth
A
Holding & tearing food
7
Q
Bicuspid Teeth
A
used for grinding up foods
8
Q
Molars
A
Used for grinding foods
9
Q
Nasopharyngeal cavity
A
where nasal and oral cavity meet
10
Q
Pharynx
A
voice box
11
Q
Larynx
A
vocal cords
12
Q
Sublingual gland
A
saliva gland
13
Q
Submandibular gland
A
saliva gland near your back teeth/mandible
14
Q
Parotid gland
A
saliva gland near back of mouth, tube carries it into cheek.