A&P Flashcards

0
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Name the 4 food stages?

A
  1. Food - before injestion
  2. Bolus - Chewed up food mixed w/ saliva
  3. Chyme - bolus mixed w/ stomach acid & further
  4. Feces - digested food & bacteria
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1
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What does the digestive system do?

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Breaks down foods

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2
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2 types of digestion

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  1. Mechanical Digestion - Physical impact on the food item
    - chewing - muscle contractions of the stomach
  2. Chemical Digestion - Breakdown via enzymes & chemical compounds - saliva - stomach acid -intestinal enzymes
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3
Q

Define Amalase

A

enzyme that begins to breakdown the starches

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4
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Central incisors

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front flat teeth

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5
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Lateral Incisors

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Cutting teeth sightly curved

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6
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Canine teeth

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Holding & tearing food

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7
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Bicuspid Teeth

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used for grinding up foods

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8
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Molars

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Used for grinding foods

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9
Q

Nasopharyngeal cavity

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where nasal and oral cavity meet

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10
Q

Pharynx

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voice box

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11
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Larynx

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vocal cords

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12
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Sublingual gland

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saliva gland

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13
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Submandibular gland

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saliva gland near your back teeth/mandible

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14
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Parotid gland

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saliva gland near back of mouth, tube carries it into cheek.

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15
Q

Uvula

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stimulates gag reflex prevents food from getting in nose

16
Q

Epiglottis

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under tongue prevents food from getting in trachea

17
Q

esophagus

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tube to stomach

18
Q

Trachea

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Ridged pathway to lungs

19
Q

swollowing

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voluntary or in voluntary muscle reaction

20
Q

peristalsis

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involuntary muscle contractions

21
Q

Esophageal spincter

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prevents back flow into esophagus

top valve of the stomach

22
Q

Pyloric spincter

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valve between stomach & intestines

bottom valve

23
Q

Rugeuy

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layers of stomach not a flat smooth surface

24
Q

small intestine

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full of digestive enzymes provided by the pancreas

25
Q

Bile

A

material that comes from the pancreas and gail bladder

26
Q

Name the 3 parts of the small intestine

A
  1. Duodenum
  2. Ileum
  3. Jejunum
27
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Duodenum

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1st part of the small intestine

this is where the enzymes are added to chyme

28
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Ileum & Jejunumm

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remaining portions of the small intestines

29
Q

Iliosecal valve

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connects small and large intestines